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  • bluephoenix, on 10/12/2007, -5/+16I lose
  • Brog, on 10/12/2007, -1/+37Some average saleries for various jobs queried (in Los Angeles):

    Warrior: $45,000
    Assassin: $73,000
    Pimp: $21,000
    Thug: $29,000
    Goon: $89,000
    Kingpin: $91,000
    Gambler: $41,000
    Mom: $53,000

    Verdict: Organized crime and parenting seem to be pretty profitable professions!
    • Nougat, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10Better than being a bitch in Chicago @ $18K. Much better to be a whore @ $246K.

      I think Brog's and these results pretty much demonstrate that this database is flawed.
    • mt066, on 10/12/2007, -1/+17sperm donor in New York, NY $54,000

      UNPAID intern in New York, NY $27,000

      I also question where this information is coming from.
    • Nougat, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5Average salaries of whore job postings in Chicago, IL are about 18% higher than average salaries of whore job postings nationwide.

      Sorry, but I gotta flag this inaccurate. Amusing, but inaccurate.
    • Nougat, on 10/12/2007, -10/+2Offtopic - any noticing that the comments are no longer arranged by thread and time posted, but by diggs, high to low? And the threads are totally disconnected, so it's a gigantic mess.
    • vikingcoder, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10It's better to be Dead than to be an Addict or a Slacker - but being a Porn Star or a Whore is best. Simply being Nude works too...

      In Dallas, TX:

      Incarcerated $8,000
      Simple Minded $11,000
      Asleep $15,000
      Slacker $22,000
      Addict $33,000
      Dead $62,000
      Idiot $69,000
      Bum $79,000
      Loser $88,000
      Nude $90,000
      Porn Star $143,000
      Whore $227,000
    • vikingcoder, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8@Nougat

      Check the drop down box at the top right side of the comments section.

      You've somehow wound up with "Sort by most diggs" being selected.
    • Nougat, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4@ viking

      Yeah I just got my head out of my ass about that. Has that been there all along? Cause I never noticed it.
    • TheCookieMaker, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4here is a good one
      evidently it pays more to be deep in debt than to be a billionaire
      http://www.indeed.com/salary?q1=deep+in+debt&l1=&q2=dirt+poor&l2=&q3=breaking+even&l3=&q4=rich&l4=&q5=millionaire&l5=&q6=billionaire&l6=
    • markp93, on 10/12/2007, -0/+11Pirate in Los Angeles, CA $43,000
      God in Los Angeles, CA $28,000

      it's official... pirates make more money than God.

      Also of note:

      Fluffer in San Fernando, CA $14,000
    • AnalystX, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3This whole salary search is seriously messed up. Although I must say that $62,000 a year isn't bad for doing nothing. (I chose D.C. since there are a lot of people there doing nothing.)

      http://www.indeed.com/salary?q1=&l1=Washington%2C+DC&tm=1
    • mattmaison, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Holy crap this is some of the funniest stuff I've ever read! Good work!
  • JorgeGonzalez, on 10/12/2007, -3/+7I should be making double what I'm making now, but considering I literally work an hour out of the eight hours I'm there, I guess I shouldn't complain.
    • aaroncampbell, on 10/12/2007, -8/+1I'd fire you. Simple as that. And to be proud of it? I don't even know what to say.
    • JorgeGonzalez, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Any person with a brain would fire me. I'm not saying I'm proud of it, but there's a certain sense of accomplishment of getting paid to essentially Digg all day. Don't be a player-hater.
  • BoneSalad, on 10/12/2007, -7/+2Wow! I'm $30,000.00 above the average for my area. I'd better not lose my job.
  • cresquin, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4I searched the same job in los angeles and omaha, and the salaries were about the same... In this field, the salaries would be much higher in LA at least due to cost of living.
  • TheoDork, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Hm...$156,000 as a porn star?
  • dpchi, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3This site is kind of a joke, I mean, you can't put in any qualifications or anything. I understand these are averages, but come on.
  • invader, on 10/12/2007, -1/+13here in phoenix, az
    pimp: $19,000
    whore: $192,000

    damn......
    • ZenPirate, on 10/12/2007, -1/+28pimpin' ain't easy.
    • goat4, on 10/12/2007, -3/+11oh my god this thread owns.
    • ledrevolver, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9well, whores do do all of the work.
    • doorman444, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9is that 19000 for each whore
      that could ad up fast
    • phoggey, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6blow in Austin, TX 34,000

      Average salaries of blow job postings in Austin, TX 78728 are about 3% lower than average salaries of blow job postings nationwide.

      That sucks.
    • nickerbocker, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Being a whore is tough in the 100+ degree weather of Phoenix
    • asjk, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0"Average salaries of blow job postings in Austin, TX 78728 are about 3% lower than average salaries of blow job postings nationwide."


      Yeah but the Steve jobs in CA make about 40K and there is only one listing.
  • kramester, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Doesn't seem to work for me. Says I'm grossly overpaid and I'm quite sure the opposite is true.
  • g33kfu, on 10/12/2007, -3/+0$105,000 as an ETL developer? Damn, I'm pretty sure we pay the guys we offshore to India minimum wage...
  • muka3d, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6millionaire in California $87,000
    Hmm... Doesn't seem like much. Must take a long time!

    ( http://www.indeed.com/salary?q1=millionaire&l1=california&tm=1 )
    • rickcarson, on 10/12/2007, -4/+2Have a look at the job listings, they are for things like Sales jobs and 'Apprentices' to real estate millionaires.

      That said, being a millionaire is about your net worth, not your salary. Unless you have enormous credit card debt and no house, you should be extremely grateful that taxation also works on salaries, not net worth.

      Even a 'regular joe' can get there with a bit of extra work and a basic game plan. Eg every couple of years:
      (1) shop around for a good deal on a house
      (2) stick a good tenant in it who will pay your mortgage
      (3) live within your means
      (4) repeat
      With the idea that after getting 6-10 houses, between paying off their mortgages, and their appreciation in price you turn other people's money into your net worth.

      There are of course variations on this theme. And since most/all of the rental goes towards paying the mortgages you don't exactly live 'the high life' while this is going on.

      One of the arguments is whether or when to pay off the mortgages. For instance Dolf de Roos I think recommends not paying off the mortgages till you are ready to retire, and then sell one or two houses and use their appreciation to pay off the mortgages on all the rest of them.
    • irregardless, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2Millionaires in Atlanta: $91,000. Welcome to the New South.
  • Enkid, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5Actor: 50,000
    Porn Star: 150,000
  • NanoStuff, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6Perverts are making over 60k all over the US. Wow, pervertism should have been my major!
  • AriaStar, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Analytical engineer in Sunnyvale. Too bad I only work part-time. Still, I'm on par with what this states, if you chop it in half as I would assume this list is for those working full-time.

    Taxes are a bitch though. After Uncle Sam takes his cut, I feel poor.
  • Ducttape08, on 10/12/2007, -8/+0http://www.indeed.com/salary?q1=robber&l1=77381&tm=1

    robber in Spring, TX 77381
    $25,000
    wow, i am above average

    http://www.indeed.com/salary?q1=hacker&l1=77381&tm=1
    hacker in Spring, TX 77381
    $55,000

    i have two jobs
  • woranl, on 10/12/2007, -1/+18Babies in NY made $43,000
    Teens in NY made $33,000

    Inflation?
  • kingo55, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9Homosexuals get paid less than heterosexuals:

    http://www.indeed.com/salary?q1=heterosexual&l1=&q2=homosexual&l2=
    • liquidrums, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5You would think so, because their health insurance is murder!
  • coding, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1I was hoping for a philosophical solution to the question.
  • EbenieRosa, on 10/12/2007, -10/+6Ignore me digg down /1agr4 lolz!
  • pcgeek101, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Ouch .... I should be making a lot more if this information is truly correct. I'm content for the time being though. Once I expand my skill set, then I'll look for better pay.
  • edto, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2This salary is not even close to whats on the basic ranges on salary.com which I find more accurate then this site.
  • Mousse, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7Apparently, it pays to be a dick in New York.
  • EbenieRosa, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9Santa $40,000

    This thing is obviously broken, trust me, you should see how much it pays to be Jesus!
  • pinetree, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Cute, but I really don't have much confidence in the numbers I'm seeing. Their "about" page just says that they are extracting info from job postings, but how many postings are they getting per job in a specific location? Am I looking a salary computed from 1 job posting, or 100 job postings? There are no error bars and no apparent adjustment for experience requirements, so it's hard to know if the numbers are really meaningful or of they just reflect one odd-ball job posting.
  • g33kfu, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Apparently it's easy to make it in Washington DC. Even a retard makes $41K a year:

    http://www.indeed.com/salary?q1=Retard&l1=Washington+DC&tm=1
    • RyanZ, on 10/12/2007, -1/+11Well I can think of more than a few retards in Washington that the public is paying more than that to.
    • kelt65, on 03/13/2008, -0/+1Well I will vouch for that, retards always make the most money in any profession
  • tatical, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Hooker in New York $53,000
    Bum in New York $91,000 (Panhandling?)

    WOW!
  • Azap, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5Pshh, I get 30k for being a stick, Oooo, and 31k for being a rock
  • EbenieRosa, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1http://s29.photobucket.com/albums/c253/ebenonce/?action=view¤t=jesuspays.gif&refPage=&imgAnch=imgAnch1

    This is just too precious of a picture, Apparentl,y Jesus made quite a living :)
  • TheWorm, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0oops
  • afruff23, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2This thing doesn't work well. An opthamalogist (eye surgeon) makes about $30,000 anywhere you search in the US. That is way below reality.
  • Azap, on 10/12/2007, -1/+15Pimp in NY............................ $26,000
    Whore in NY.......................... $262,000
    a Pirate on "The High Seas"... $43,000
    Realizing this might not be accurate after you digged it

    Priceless
  • origclubsoda, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1As much as I can and twice as much as you.
  • EbenieRosa, on 10/12/2007, -7/+1LOL, This site is a spam site, feed it fake infozzz!

    my.indeed - sign in

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  • RyanZ, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Does anyone else think that the site's navigation and searching seem suspiciously similar to Google?
  • idonknow655, on 10/12/2007, -3/+9RACE SALARIES:
    White people still make the most money.
    Mexicans still make the least.
    Also please note that if your black you make more money than being african american.

    Caucasian $82,000
    Black $76,000
    American Indian $61,000
    African American $53,000
    African $53,000
    Canadian $45,000
    Arabian $34,000
    Indian $33,000
    Japanese $33,000
    Chinese $33,000
    Spanish $28,000
    Korean $27,000
    Mexican $23,000
  • EbenieRosa, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4http://www.indeed.com/salary?q1=Jesus&l1=&q2=God&l2=
  • dnorton, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5Did you know that winos make more than pirates or ninja? From personal experience, I have serious doubts about the accuracy of these salaries. My great-uncle, who was a drunken captain of a pirate ship (both a pirate and a wino,) made a lot less than the ninja who killed him.

    http://www.indeed.com/salary?q1=ninja&l1=&q2=pirate&l2=&q3=wino&l3=&tm=1
  • almightystoph, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Whores in Rochester, MN. are making 143K... I'm in the wrong line of work...
  • dignation, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Apparently a computer in Los Angeles makes $49,000

    http://www.indeed.com/salary?q1=Computers&l1=Los+Angeles&tm=1
  • r©ain, on 10/12/2007, -6/+1I wonder how many people came out 20k or more UNDER the stated rate.
    I came out actually at almost 2x what it said the average was: http://www.indeed.com/salary?q1=Senior+Web+Developer&l1=San+Francisco%2C+CA&tm=1

    However, I am a freelance consultant and charge a premium.
    Also, I do hold a title of Director of Software Engineering:
    http://www.indeed.com/salary?q1=Director+Software+Engineering&l1=San+Francisco%2C+CA&tm=1
    And the stated salary is almost what I make contracting, but that position is very PT and on equity only basis only for the moment, so it does not count. Also, I have not negotiated salary for that position yet.

    But I see others say they are getting the shaft.
    And to those I say don't even bother asking for a raise if it's more than 20% of what you're making now. you'd be better off leaving and asking for your target rate from a new employer.

    Believe me, it never hurts to ask. Those who are getting "the shaft" probably just took what the company offered without ever asking for what they wanted.

    I always ask for more than I want. That way when you negotiate, you will usually get exactly what you wanted, or if no salary negotiations take place, you get more than you had hoped for. And it works. I've consistantly made more than average and in many cases, more than my superiors because I asked. Hell, my first tech job ever with no real experience I was paid $72k a year. The product Manager over seeing my project was getting only $45k a year. He was one of those who took what was offered without asking for what he wanted. Big difference.
    • rockefeller, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Dugg down for using the opportunity to gloat about how much money you make.

      Reminds me of those VW comercials where the guy is sitting in his sports car, holding the bullhorn out of his car saying something like "MY CAR MAKES UP FOR MY SHORTCOMINGS!!!!"
  • dignation, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Average salaries of Anything job postings in Tulsa, OK are about 15% lower than average salaries of Anything job postings nationwide.
    Average Salary of Jobs with Related Titles

    Well that sucks.
  • EbenieRosa, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Apparently simply "Representin'" In my "Hood" seems to catch a pretty penny

    "Bling Bling"

    http://www.indeed.com/salary?q1=Represent&l1=27573&tm=1

    No one else even lives wherre I do. Roxboro NC FTW!!!111
  • elnerdo, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2As a Stock Clerk, I'm pretty much at the bottom of the barrel.
  • dygitaljoe, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1http://www.indeed.com/salary?q1=Tech+Support&l1=Tucson%2C+AZ&tm=1

    Tech Support in Tucson, AZ $27,000

    this sucks. lol
  • EbenieRosa, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1http://www.indeed.com/salary?q1=Macroshaft&l1=&q2=Big+Mac&l2=&q3=Liiiiiiiinucks&l3=&q4=Bee+OS&l4=&q5=Eunics&l5=
  • will2000, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0hmmm...rocks make pretty good money
    http://www.indeed.com/salary?q1=Rock&l1=Dallas&tm=1
  • MrKite, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Apparently, poop makes $20,000 in Massachusetts.

    http://www.indeed.com/salary?q1=poop&l1=ma&tm=1

    and surprisingly, poop only makes $17,000 in California

    http://www.indeed.com/salary?q1=poop&l1=ma&tm=1

    Does that mean that there's a high or low demand for poop?
    • aks123, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3No, it means that people are pulling money out of their asses
  • oyourmom, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1God makes $30,000 in Cary, North Carolina

    http://www.indeed.com/salary?q1=god&l1=Cary%2C+NC&tm=1
  • will2000, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1seems i'm underpaid as a dodecahedron however
    http://www.indeed.com/salary?q1=Dodecahedron&l1=New+Orleans&q2=Circle&l2=Dallas&q3=Triangle&l3=Dallas&q4=Square&l4=Dallas
  • yuhannl, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2I'm not sure how well this site works..
    But just out of curiosity, I got these results

    Terrorist in New York - $85,000
    Terrorist in Los Angeles, CA - $68,000
    Terrorist in Idaho - $43,000
    Terrorist in Washington - $63,000

    Seems like New York's Terrorists get paid more.

    Also

    Unemployed in Washington - $39,000
    Unemployed in New York - $53,000
    • MikeyJW, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5Shouldn't those figures be in virgins, not in dollars?
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