Originally Posted by
madeinUSA
You people and your mistrust.
39*105*12= 49,140
1.7*300*12= 6,120
Bonus/ Hush money or whatever = 6,000
Total = 61,260 Add in 150% pickup here and there and you have a little over 62,000.
Take home is a little more than 3400/mo.
And yes, I have company HRA, Dental, Vision, 401k, and claim 0 on my w-4.
If I lived in base I could probably have worked the system a little better. And, no I don't budget for anything over 75 hrs and obviously wouldn't take into account a one-time payout.
Yet you are doing exactly that in your numbers above. Let me help you out.
12 * 75 * $37= $33,200. That's it. Your pretax budget is $33,200. Can you get more as a lineholder? Yes. Can you be certain of how much? No. Same for per diem, besides that is to make up some of the higher costs of having to eat out on the road. It is not a supplement, bonus, commission or whatever you want to call it to add to salary.
105 credit every month is spending a LOT of time on the road away from family. Excuse me for wanting to sleep in my own bed and cook my own meal once in a while. Companies love guys like you. Willing to bust your ass to make up for substandard pay instead of demanding a good wage so you don't have to work over guarantee to pay the bills.