- My Forums
- Tiger Rant
- LSU Recruiting
- SEC Rant
- Saints Talk
- Pelicans Talk
- More Sports Board
- Winter Olympics
- Fantasy Sports
- Golf Board
- Soccer Board
- O-T Lounge
- Tech Board
- Home/Garden Board
- Outdoor Board
- Health/Fitness Board
- Movie/TV Board
- Book Board
- Music Board
- Political Talk
- Money Talk
- Fark Board
- Gaming Board
- Travel Board
- Food/Drink Board
- Ticket Exchange
- TD Help Board
Customize My Forums- View All Forums
- Show Left Links
- Topic Sort Options
- Trending Topics
- Recent Topics
- Active Topics
Started By
Message
re: Highest First Job Salaries
Posted on 6/18/14 at 11:20 pm to The Sundance Kid
Posted on 6/18/14 at 11:20 pm to The Sundance Kid
yes… pharmacy
0
Posted on 6/18/14 at 11:44 pm to The Third Leg
Welder Helper 20-25k
Welder 50-60k
Pipeline inspector 1k
A DAY!!!
Welder 50-60k
Pipeline inspector 1k
A DAY!!!
Posted on 6/19/14 at 12:01 am to Bandit30
Straight from Army to copilot gig. Made $1700 a month in military with some other benefits. Started at $33,000 per year at flying job. Was back in the early 90's thought I made bank.
Posted on 6/19/14 at 12:08 am to The Sundance Kid
First job out of LSU with a Gen Studies degree, 60k. But that's with experience as well.
Posted on 6/19/14 at 3:56 am to The Sundance Kid
Engineer in O&G and I made over 100k my first full year. Haven't looked back since.
Posted on 6/19/14 at 4:11 am to Tornado Alley
quote:
Can't wait to make $45k straight out of law school
I'm taking the LSAT this fall. According to TD I will be poor and suicidal.
Posted on 6/19/14 at 4:34 am to Chris Farley
quote:
Those calculators are so skewed and don't take a lot of factors into play.
yeah, def. you'd need bank (or welfare and rent control) to raise a family of four in manhattan.
Posted on 6/19/14 at 6:31 am to The Sundance Kid
Started at 35k with decent benefits in architecture. After layoffs and a move to the petro-chem design design industry, I'm never going back 
Posted on 6/19/14 at 6:46 am to Corkfather
quote:
You seem bitter.
Not even a little...
I gots mine
Posted on 6/19/14 at 6:53 am to The Sundance Kid
Graduated two years ago from ChemE at Bama. Came out when economy was awful and you were lucky to get a job (~52k, I believe) and at ~90k now. Work at a plant.
This post was edited on 6/19/14 at 6:54 am
Posted on 6/19/14 at 6:54 am to jimbeam
PETE
Posted on 6/19/14 at 6:56 am to GusMcRae
Came out of school with a fake (industrial) engineering degree, started at $65k as a PM-in-training for a specialty industrial contractor.
Buddy of mine got a dual engineering degree (mechanical and aerospace) and started north of $110k as a drilling engineer on rigs in cold arse spots up north.
Buddy of mine got a dual engineering degree (mechanical and aerospace) and started north of $110k as a drilling engineer on rigs in cold arse spots up north.
Posted on 6/19/14 at 7:23 am to 777Tiger
quote:
the pay for my first job was poverty level for the degree but I had a plan, and knew that it was a means to an end, worked out OK
Posted on 6/19/14 at 7:27 am to 911Moto
BTW, my first year out of dental school I made around $70,000. That was over 20 years ago, so it was decent money. I made 40% of my production with no lab bills, which is pretty good terms. The practice had the owner, me, another associate a couple years out of school, and a hygienist 5 days a week. The practice grossed around $1.3 million/year (again, this is over 20 yrs. ago so that was real good money). Owner took home $450K.
Posted on 6/19/14 at 7:31 am to 1860pissed
quote:
SmackoverHawg, do you do many urine tox screens up there?
Quite a few. I make everyone on pain meds piss about every time they're in. And we do a lot of pre-employment physicals and work comp. Then they random ones I piss test because of anonymous calls or just not acting right.
Posted on 6/19/14 at 7:32 am to EastcoastEER
I can probably get anyone with an engineering degree a job in the oilfield making around $120k+ their first year as long as you prove yourself to not be incompetent on your first few jobs. You could graduate with a 2.0 and it wouldn't matter.
You would just have to work offshore for uncertain amounts of time. We work until the job's done. You would not be an engineer, and you would be working under guys with no degrees, but the money is there. Lately they will hire engineer majors for these positions. It's just the worst lifestyle I can think of. You may be out for a week, you may be out for 40+ days. We have guys without degrees making $250k+ with several years experience. The GoM is booming right now and I don't see it stopping for the next 10 years for sure.
You would just have to work offshore for uncertain amounts of time. We work until the job's done. You would not be an engineer, and you would be working under guys with no degrees, but the money is there. Lately they will hire engineer majors for these positions. It's just the worst lifestyle I can think of. You may be out for a week, you may be out for 40+ days. We have guys without degrees making $250k+ with several years experience. The GoM is booming right now and I don't see it stopping for the next 10 years for sure.
This post was edited on 6/19/14 at 7:34 am
Posted on 6/19/14 at 7:36 am to malvin
quote:
I dropped out of college
Dumb and afflicted is no way to go through life son
Posted on 6/19/14 at 7:39 am to The Third Leg
quote:
Rural medicine is the place where Primary Care Physicians can kill it.
Yep. I'm the dermatologist, cardiologist, neurologist, ortho etc. I knew what I was getting into and busted arse throughout my training to prepare myself to be isolated. I enjoy it. I graduated top of my class and many of my classmates couldn't believe I picked FP or some other specialty. In fact, no one else in the top 35% of our class went FP. But I was able to make $150k my 2nd year of residency moonlighting and with a night clinic in the town I was going to. Year 3 it was about $200k. Now 11 years into practice, I don't know of a single classmate that went into a "high paying" residency that is doing better financially. With some doing 6-10 years of training before practicing, I had a multimillion dollar headstart. Not to mention the additional debt they incurred, the growth of my investments, and my income. Now they wish they woulda listened to me. I work 4 days a week. Have zero debt (except a few business loans that are so low interest I can invest my money better than paying them off) and have no call except phone call one night a week and don't go to the hospital.
Posted on 6/19/14 at 7:41 am to Thib-a-doe Tiger
quote:
I dropped out of college
quote:
Dumb and afflicted is no way to go through life son
Technically, I'm a college dropout. I left after getting early admission to med school.
Posted on 6/19/14 at 7:45 am to SmackoverHawg
I think that means you're special
Page 8 of 9
Popular
Back to top
Follow TigerDroppings for LSU Football News