[quote=markmax33]
$150k is for an Engineer is extremely high and in the top 5%. Thank you proving my point. I am an Engineer, I manage Engineers and I hire Engineers. $150 is not 3-4 years of experience in Mechanical, Civil, Structural, Fire Protection, Electrical, etc. That’s what the majority of Engineers are in this country.[/quote]
Yes, $150k is high, as I’ve said you’d need to be around a director level to get to that income around here. I never dispute the fact that $150k is high for an engineer. I was disputing the claim you’re making that someone (engineer or not) making $150k might be able to BARELY scrape by. I call BS on that. I know people who make less than that, live on single income, and have savings. Since you’re an Engineer with an MBA managing Engineers and hiring Engineers, you’re probably making around $150k. If you can BARELY scrape by, you’re definitely doing something wrong.
I never say someone in my industry with 3-4 years of experience make $150k, I say they make more than the median of $75k. Read carefully before you try to dispute a point. If you’re talking about national instead of local engineers and income, then we should talk about national housing price, not local SD prices. What’s the national median houses again? If you’re an engineer making the median income of $75k and living in Texas, where the median home price is $144,900, do you think you’re going to have much trouble living on a single income?
