What careers pay better or worse than most people think?

Wanderer78 · 13-07-2017 10:48AM

I think this thread is a good example of how bad median wages are, it's very worrying

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Wanderer78 · 13-07-2017 11:03AM

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....and people are still trying to convince us that things such as neoliberalism/globalisation/free(for-all) economics etc etc are working for the majority!

MilesMorales1 · 13-07-2017 11:03AM

Bin-Men/Road sweepers get a decent pay packet apparently.

13-07-2017 11:04AM

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And it's only going to get worse over the coming decades.

BAAA RAM EWE · 13-07-2017 11:06AM

What do guards make?

Yourself isit · 13-07-2017 11:08AM

ChikiChiki wrote: »

Ridiculous statement, absolutly outrageous in fact. Jesus wept is apt.

The bit in the middle is less mentally taxing than most jobs. They can sleep.

Wanderer78 · 13-07-2017 11:12AM

Yourself isit wrote:

The bit in the middle is less mentally taxing than most jobs. They can sleep.

A pilot once told me, he babysits computers for work! That's a good few years ago now, sounds less taxing as it use to be, stressful at times I would imagine though

Pure tashte · 13-07-2017 11:29AM

http://www.hse.ie/eng/staff/benefitsservices/pay/Consolidated-Payscales-1st-April-2017.pdf

See page 17, surely this is the ultimate;

Hospital Chaplain, Roman Catholic - Grade 1 €45,849

13k more that a doctor starts on and 20k more than a nurse, not bad wages for giving the last rites!

donegaLroad · 13-07-2017 12:22PM

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I just finished watching Orange is the New Black. Frigging loved it (
will they all be reunited in Litchfield? And is Piscatella really dead?
? Anyway, I was curious as to how the show could hire so many actors, and was really surprised to hear that the highest-paid actor "only" earns 35k per episode, before tax ... on a per annum basis, that's less than Joe Duffy earns, and this show reaches many millions of people worldwide.

I was also surprised to learn that a group of doctors I know earn about the same, on average, as a group of schoolteachers in our circle of friends. Both groups do important work, but it surprised me.

I have also heard that writing books is no longer financially viable for most authors. There are apparently even hosehold names in this country who live on bursaries and grants, or hold down a second job outside of writing. This probably isn't a new thing. Even James Joyce died almost penniless, after having written 2 contemporaneously-acknowledged masterpieces.

Meanwhile, I once did work experience with a farrier whom at the height of the boom, was bringing home a pay-packet above €80k. Very highly skilled guy, and he didn't finish secondary school.

Any similar examples you guys have experienced?

there was a thread like this a few years ago on boards.ie and one guy turned out to be a farrier, or claimed to know a farrier (I can't remember) but was making a lot more than €80k.

donegaLroad · 13-07-2017 12:23PM

by the way, some of those fast food vans and trailers make a fortune..

draiochtanois · 13-07-2017 12:33PM

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Wanderer78 · 13-07-2017 12:34PM

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are we more equal though?

Permabear · 13-07-2017 12:35PM

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Wanderer78 · 13-07-2017 12:36PM

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was wondering when you were gonna chime in! BORING!!!!!

Banned for being uncivil.

Yourself isit · 13-07-2017 12:38PM

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Back then a 4 bed semi was uninsulated, single glazed, uncovered floors, probably one bathroom (mostly untiled) probably came without central heating, had no fitted kitchen and Ireland was essentially a second world country now it's one of the richest in the world.

None of that explains the difference. If becoming a first world country means getting poorer after housing costs it seems pointless.

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+1, my parents without third level education were able to buy a four bed but I remember the old wooden windows just about ready to fall out, and it was bloody freezin :pac: of a winters morn because of the old oil cooker.

And women automatically gave up work when they married.

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Yourself isit · 13-07-2017 12:41PM

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Plenty of IT graduates find getting a job hard. It's a precarious enough industry too. Not appealing to those who like security.

Wanderer78 · 13-07-2017 12:41PM

Topgear on Dave wrote: »

+1, my parents without third level education were able to buy a four bed but I remember the old wooden windows just about ready to fall out, and it was bloody freezin :pac: of a winters morn because of the old oil cooker.

And women automatically gave up work when they married.

automatically! think again

13-07-2017 12:43PM

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We have a massive shortage of nurses in Ireland, they can't fill jobs and hospitals are short staffed constantly (a lot to do with the poor pay here).

As someone in ICT its far far harder to get a job than in nursing where not only are you guaranteed a job but in many cases it is mandatory to work for a number of years or be forced to repay your fees etc. I have family members nursing so I know the ins and outs.

13-07-2017 12:46PM

Wanderer78 wrote: »

automatically! think again

Alright automatically was a bit strong a phrase, my mother gave up of her own accord but my aunt had to leave her job in the post office when she got married because of the marriage bar.

Wanderer78 · 13-07-2017 12:47PM

Topgear on Dave wrote: »

Alright automatically was a bit strong a phrase, my mother gave up of her own accord but my aunt had to leave her job in the post office when she got married because of the marriage bar.

my mother had to leave her job to, what an odd place ireland was back then. great to see we ve matured a bit

13-07-2017 01:51PM

donegaLroad wrote: »

there was a thread like this a few years ago on boards.ie and one guy turned out to be a farrier, or claimed to know a farrier (I can't remember) but was making a lot more than €80k.

I probably should clarify that I'm talking about net incomes, since there's no point in speaking in terms of gross incomes, if that's not what's coming into your bank account.

80k net is about 130k gross.

I don't know why I was surprised by his salary. We were, at one stage, shoeing about 25 horses per month and it was a nightmare trying to convince him to spare his time. Now that we're shoeing 4-5 horses, it's even more difficult to get a farrier to call.

Serious lack of farriers in this country.

draiochtanois · 13-07-2017 01:55PM

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greencap · 13-07-2017 02:04PM

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Nope. Theres an excess of Asians a skype call, or email away.

They'll do it for 10%.

McCrack · 13-07-2017 02:29PM

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Presume you're talking about Dublin here?

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draiochtanois · 13-07-2017 02:34PM

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What careers pay better or worse than most people think?

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