s/o What's your hourly wage?

[y4m]

Take the average number of hours you work in a week, multiply by the number of weeks you work in a year (subtract vacation).  So I think I work 50 hour weeks on average, and I do that 49 weeks a year (say I take 3 weeks of vacation).  That's 2450 hours a year.  Divide your annual salary by that to get an hourly wage.

If you are hourly, the math is obviously done for you!

[ijack]

but aren't your vacations days paid? I prefer to just take my annual income, drop the thousands and divide by 2

[y4m]

Mar 6, 2014 10:57:40 GMT -5 ijack said:

but aren't your vacations days paid? I prefer to just take my annual income, drop the thousands and divide by 2

They are paid, but I'm not working during them, so they shouldn't count as hours I worked (and the hours I did work to earn them should count for more).  If you work 2000 hours on the nose, your way works.

[ijack]

I honestly have no idea that actually hours I work in a year, so I'll just go with 2000

[rbp]

I think I work 50 hours in a typical week. My H thinks I work 60. Haha. Either way, there are definitely a few weeks out of the year when I do absolutely nothing work-related, so I'm going to estimate I work ~2700 hours/year.

[hamster]

Finally over the $20 an hour mark!

First professional was $10 an hour. Go journalism!

[Deleted]

Well, I feel glad that I am in the majority range...but still on the low end of that

[ESF]

FWIW, I bet most of your hourly wages are a good 10-30% higher thanks to your benefits packages.

[protozoa]

Counting holidays as though we work on them?

[Marmee]

I never made more than $20/hr...hence I do not work.

[y4m]

Mar 6, 2014 11:41:11 GMT -5 ESF said:

FWIW, I bet most of your hourly wages are a good 10-30% higher thanks to your benefits packages.

I thought about trying to account for that, but it really didn't seem possible in the context of a poll.

[HoneySpider]

$0 

I do have a pt job where I make $10.50/hr and if I work after 7pm I get an extra $1 an hour. I'm rolling in the dough!

[rbp]

Mar 6, 2014 11:29:04 GMT -5 jenny1980 said:

Mar 6, 2014 11:14:53 GMT -5 rbp said:

I think I work 50 hours in a typical week. My H thinks I work 60. Haha. Either way, there are definitely a few weeks out of the year when I do absolutely nothing work-related, so I'm going to estimate I work ~2700 hours/year.

You don't get summers and breaks off?

I don't know of many college faculty who only work for 30 weeks/year.  Especially on the tenure track. We are expected to do summer research with our students, and I spend a lot of time over breaks developing course materials so that my typical week is not like this one. It's probably more accurate that I work ~60 hours/week for 30 weeks/year and ~40 hours/week for 18 weeks/year. So maybe more like 2500 hours/year.

[cookies]

Do I also subtract the number of hours I spend goofing off on the internet?

[ESF]

Mar 6, 2014 11:45:06 GMT -5 y4m said:

Mar 6, 2014 11:41:11 GMT -5 ESF said:

FWIW, I bet most of your hourly wages are a good 10-30% higher thanks to your benefits packages.

I thought about trying to account for that, but it really didn't seem possible in the context of a poll.

You are supposed to be the polling expert.  If you can't do it, there is just no hope that we will ever have a scientifically accurate poll on this board.

[y4m]

Mar 6, 2014 12:16:26 GMT -5 ESF said:

Mar 6, 2014 11:45:06 GMT -5 y4m said:

I thought about trying to account for that, but it really didn't seem possible in the context of a poll.

You are supposed to be the polling expert.  If you can't do it, there is just no hope that we will ever have a scientifically accurate poll on this board.

I think I did pretty well--look at that nice bell curve!

I am kicking myself for not going $20-$29.99 and $30-$39.99 though.  I debated it at the time.

[megstoo]

Is this only base salary or does this also include commissions?

[y4m]

Mar 6, 2014 13:07:01 GMT -5 megstoo said:

Is this only base salary or does this also include commissions?

I included my entire W2 salary.  So yes, commissions.

[mswax]

What about holidays?

[monsterz]

My hours fluctuate so this is hard for me to compute. Weeks I work from home I typically work 40 hours a week. Weeks I am travelling this typically is between can go up to 65 hours or more.

[Deleted]

I just voted based on my actual hourly salary which is listed on my paycheck. (I am salaried, but I have a specific hourly rate as well which comes into play for overtime and things like that). I didnt feel like using a calculator.

#lazy

[aurora]

Too low when I use the actual numbers I work. If I was averaging 40-hr work weeks I would be much happier (both with life and also with the hourly rate).

[ESF]

Mar 6, 2014 14:43:09 GMT -5 @kirkette said:

Mar 6, 2014 11:41:11 GMT -5 ESF said:

FWIW, I bet most of your hourly wages are a good 10-30% higher thanks to your benefits packages.

I tried to do this in my head. I know the amount for the benefits I waive in lieu of cash.  I got stuck trying to compute the other benefits, and gave up. 

I figured since everyone was including their benefits, I'd just omit my bonuses.

I AM SCREWING UP THE POLL!

[takeonyou]

$20.80 per hour. But I have expenses to pay out of that. Kids have to eat and all that. Daycare isn't known for making people rich.

Sent from my HTC6435LVW using proboards

[kadams767]

Mar 6, 2014 13:31:47 GMT -5 farmvillelover said:

Mar 6, 2014 13:14:37 GMT -5 y4m said:

I included my entire W2 salary.  So yes, commissions.

I didn't include my bonuses or commissions (I get a % from my book of business).  I'm straight hourly right now at work since having a kid so I just checked that.

farmvillelover, do you get paid hourly by the billable hour? 

[rbp]

Mar 6, 2014 15:10:19 GMT -5 takeonyou said:

$20.80 per hour. But I have expenses to pay out of that. Kids have to eat and all that. Daycare isn't known for making people rich.

Sent from my HTC6435LVW using proboards

Thank God I don't have any expenses to pay out of my salary. The horror!  ^o)

[Deleted]

Mar 6, 2014 15:39:42 GMT -5 rbp said:

Mar 6, 2014 15:10:19 GMT -5 takeonyou said:

$20.80 per hour. But I have expenses to pay out of that. Kids have to eat and all that. Daycare isn't known for making people rich.

Sent from my HTC6435LVW using proboards

Thank God I don't have any expenses to pay out of my salary. The horror! 

I think she means food and supplies for the daycare she runs, RBP. No need for the side-eye.

[barefootcontessa]

Mar 6, 2014 15:39:42 GMT -5 rbp said:

Mar 6, 2014 15:10:19 GMT -5 takeonyou said:

$20.80 per hour. But I have expenses to pay out of that. Kids have to eat and all that. Daycare isn't known for making people rich.

Sent from my HTC6435LVW using proboards

Thank God I don't have any expenses to pay out of my salary. The horror! 

she has to have supplies and such there for the children, which I imagine are fairly substantial.  I assume she does get to write some of those expenses off on her tax liability.  

[LoveTrains]

So I put that I only work 44 weeks since I get 4 weeks vacation plus winter break, spring break, and Fridays off in the summer. I did include holidays as hours worked since that seems to be a little unclear.

Like Jenny, this poll confirms that I can never leave my current job.

[takeonyou]

Mar 6, 2014 16:11:43 GMT -5 barefootcontessa said:

Mar 6, 2014 15:39:42 GMT -5 rbp said:

Thank God I don't have any expenses to pay out of my salary. The horror! 

she has to have supplies and such there for the children, which I imagine are fairly substantial.  I assume she does get to write some of those expenses off on her tax liability.  

No I mean food, crafting supplies, etc. I write some off, but it's a big cut of my pay each week.

Food alone is usually about $250 a week for the kids. I can write off some of that but I prefer to feed then fresh and whole foods which means more money out of pocket than what I am reimbursed for. The government doesn't care if it is mac 'n cheese or organic veggies, the reimbursement rate is the same.

Obviously I pay my taxes quarterly as well.

Sent from my HTC6435LVW using proboards