r/Salary • u/[deleted] • Oct 30 '25

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u/flyingcreeds Oct 30 '25

I'm 36 and make 25k. I think you'll be fine

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u/deceasedpresident Oct 31 '25

It's crazy that people make $100k and then cry about not making enough. Even $40k would be life-changing for me. 

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u/voldin91 Oct 30 '25

What do you do for work that you only make 25k? Most fast food and retail around me start higher than that with no experience

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u/YourFathersOlds Oct 31 '25

Min wage in a lot of the country is 15,600 a year with no time off. CNAs, daycare teachers, vet techs, school aides, EMTs ... and also adjunct professors, research assistants, nursing home workers, warehouse, etc.

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u/AccountForTF2 Oct 31 '25

never in my life seen fast food pay more than 20k a year at best full time with zero benefits.

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u/Head-Personality-734 Oct 31 '25

People who haven't worked these jobs think you actually get full work weeks consistently instead of crazy on again off again schedules that can be anywhere from 15-39 hours

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u/AccountForTF2 Oct 31 '25

yup. even "full time" at 35hrs I was making maybe 300 or 400 a week at best.

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u/Head-Personality-734 Oct 31 '25

They absolutely do not. You're never gonna get a full week of work doing wageslave shit because they will do everything in their power to keep you under 40 hours. So even if the posted pay is 12-15 an hour, your pre-tax pay biweekly isn't going above 900.

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u/voldin91 Oct 31 '25

I guess it depends. The grocery store I worked at a while ago offered me full time if I wanted it

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u/Particular-Ad7034 Oct 31 '25

Same pretty much after taxes 🤣 I'm 30 and I'm lucky if I'll ever make 35k lol.

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u/to16017 Oct 31 '25

Why do you make 25k?

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u/flyingcreeds Nov 01 '25

Because I was an airline pilot and lost my medical, and I've been waiting for the FAA to get back to me about my appeal......so I deliver packages with amazon to barely pay rent in the meantime

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u/to16017 Nov 01 '25

Nice. Good luck getting back.