Do you, as a individual, make more than $43,000 USD per year? If so, how to you manage to do such a feat?

Answer 1

It's all in what you do for a living. Many many people make that much or more, and they don't work that hard...but they get paid for their expertise, or their ability to manage other people and take responsibility for someone else's mistakes. "It's not that you push buttons all day...it is knowing which button to push."

Around here, 43K sounds about avg for middle managers. I wouldn't touch that job with a ten foot pole because it is the classic "between a rock and a hard place". You spend all damn day mediating, and no one is ever really happy with you.

Even so, 43K isn't really a lot of money in today's job market, esp if you were paying attn when you went to college and studied something that was destined to be a "hot job"...computers, nursing, paraprofessional careers, or if are filling a crisis niche...one job in particular that's hot right now,, esp in Louisiana and Mississippi (hurricane country) is construction...due to rebuilding.

I think the job market is more worker friendly in the US due to the war too...since many people are out of the workforce to serve in the military, there is more work to be done, and less people to do it..so civilian workers can expect better pay. I don't know what military salaries are like but I have always thought they are paid very well, and for longer than a person actually serves. My brother gets a veterans benefit from hurting his knee as a military police officer. Govt jobs all the way around, are pretty good from what I hear.

I do make a lot less, at 25K...for "helping professions." We get screwed because people know we aren't in it for the money!

Answer 2

I used to. Last year, as an industrial pipefitter's apprentice, i worked 12 hours, 10 days on, 4 off. If i'd kept that up all year, i'd have cleared more than $50k. Since i'm no longer willing to travel from Colorado to North Carolina to California and live in hotel rooms with pipefitters, i've taken a pay cut to live in one place, but in a few years, once i get my journeyman's license, i'll again be making above the nationwide average, which i believe is the $43,000 figure you quote.

Answer 3

The easiest way to earn that kind of income in a month...yes, a month, is to start a home based business.
I market a product in the health and wellness industry, and there is no cap on your salary. The harder you work, the more you earn. If you're a "people" person, you can easily earn $43,000 your first year and then watch it grow!
The only skills you need are desire and a willingness to learn. When you work with a team that helps you reach your goals, it happens quickly.
Desire is the bottom line.

Answer 4

43k isn't such a big deal.... at my college there are people graduating with higher starting offers than that. I make around $20-22/hr delivering pizzas part time, annualized to 45 hours a week and 50 weeks a year, that comes out to a few thousand over 43k

Answer 5

keep in mind it is relative - in larger cities it costs a lot to live so the companies pay a little more.

However after 30 years of fixing computer equipment , I am over that amount. I also keep going back for more education in the field. Never stop learning. Nice thing is I can let the company pay for most of it.

Answer 6

I could if i wanted to...Ive worked for over 10 years in my company and I am almost topped out on my salary...I could easy make over 60 if i worked full time but I hate my type of job...Courier....so i went part time and went back to school

Answer 7

my fiance does. He graduated college and has a degree. Work hard, I guess

Answer 8

Hard work, lots of it.