Originally Posted by
Excargodog
12 year CA DOS +4 is $260/hr. At 83 and 1/3 hrs a month that’s $260k a year.
401k at 15% is is another $39k. That’s $299k. 2% 321 kicker is $6k getting you up to $305k.
I know, I know , everybody says per diem isn’t pay…yada yada. The h€|| it isn’t and it’s tax free and social security tax free too so it’s BETTER than salary, which will be AT LEAST another $4-7k.
So yeah, if you can’t get by on $310k you’ll have to go somewhere with a better contract or hope NK gets one before you become a senior CA. .
We are DOS+3 right now. I also don’t count 401k or per diem as pay. Per diem is for expenses. I’m not pocketing it. It covers about two sit down meals with not even three if you aren’t eating garbage fast food. Yes, 401k is compensation but it’s not “salary” which is what we are talking about. I’m also not saying what we make isn’t a livable wage but let’s stop inflating it into something it’s not. It’s not anywhere on par with the industry first of all and second people keep saying captains are making $300k which they are not. Let get off the yellow koolaide for a few minutes and tell the truth.