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I wake quite a bit less than DH, but I have an associates degree and he has a masters.
When I get my bachelors though, I should actually start out making more than what he has already worked up to. It will be different industries, he's a business college teacher and I'll be a nurse.
Right now though I'm in admin in healthcare.
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Base salary we are not too far off each other (I'm a high school teacher and he is a senior lecturer at a University) but he gets market loading (meaning compensation for not working out in the field - his area of study is finance so he could be making significantly more if he was in the industry), teaches extra classes and is on several committees, which all add up to him making about 2.5X what I make for most of the year. I think it is totally fair - he puts WAY more into his job than I do and it is a lot more demanding.
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Currently, he makes more than me but I bring home more every two weeks. I am on his insurance, so I don't have those costs taken out of my paycheck.
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When I first meet DH, I was actually making more than him by quite a bit. We are both engineers. He was kind of in a dead end job when I met him. A ton of his co-workers started leaving and they weren't hiring new workers so he had to do more work... then the cut his salary.
I "suggested" that he work on his resume and maybe let his ex-coworkers look at it to see if he needs to make changes since they were successful finding new jobs. One of his ex-coworkers asked if he wanted to come in for an interview and he got a job with that company.
Now he makes 30% more than me and the gap will only widen over the years because he's now in a leadership track at his new company.
I have no idea what other people make at my work. I have a vague sense but no hard numbers or anything to confirm this "sense". I believe I get paid about the same as males and females in my position.
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Until July I was the breadwinner as DH was in med school and we made it work on my master's level social worker salary. He is now a resident and started at 25% more than me although his schedule is terrible and his hourly pay must be terrible. I now dropped to 30 hours a week so the gap is more. I fully expect him to out earn me but I will assume more if the home/child/family responsibilities.
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We work at the same company (engineering) and the same department until he transferred last year and we make about the same. But I have 4 years more experience, so I think he effectively makes more. Our department is notorious with bad raises, so since his transfer, I think he will soon make more especially since he is on more of a management track now.
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Last year, DH made almost 4 times what I make.
I'm an underpaid teacher...
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I make less than my DH but he's in a more specialized engineering field. I make more than everyone in my office other than the owners and Im the youngest and have been there the shortest amount of time (this is because I got another job offer and they negotiated to keep me). I make less than other people in my field because I'm located in a small rural area but my company makes up for it by being insanely family friendly! I'm off every Friday and can leave immediately if I need or want to
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I make more than my husband, but he's a newspaper reporter so that's the nature of his field.
@Anagram: This is really interesting to read because I never really considered all of the "extras." I will lose out a bit because I took an extended leave after my son was born in April, but generally, since I'm in a unionized public school, everyone on the same step makes the same amount. I run an extracurricular and have a masters, so I earn a bit more. But I never really considered it from a whole package standpoint.
There is no amount of money you could pay me to go into administration, so I don't really know where teaching leads for me. It's a shame that the field almost requires you to leave teaching in order to move up in education.
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I have a master's degree and professional license and my SO only finished HS and we make the same more or less!!!!!
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DH makes more...a lot of more...like way more.
I would say that I make somewhere in the middle for my current job.
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My husband makes about $10k a year more than I do in straight salary (and my bonus) and he'll be jumping another $15-20k within the next 2 years, while I'll only jump the standard 3-4% + bonus.
He has his PhD and is 16 years older than I am though, so it's not really apples to apples.
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We currently make the same amount. But we're in the same field and I have both my Master's and more experience. Originally after I got my Master's, I made more than him, but in the past 4 years, he's quickly caught up to me, getting better raises and more promotions. Next year, I'm assuming he'll make more than me.
At my company though, I make less than the men in my field with similar education and experience.
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I make more than DH but he's part time at entry level jobs and next year should be out earning me 3-fold.
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I have a phenomenal job, but my husband still kicks my ass and makes more than double what I do.
I think I make just as much as males in my field as far as base salary goes. 30% of my total pay is performance based/bonus-structure, and it's uncapped, and I am really fortunate that this year I am ranked at the top, so I'm probably making more than any males in my region.
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@gilmoregirl: Ha, yeah I'm a newspaper reporter. DH was making 3x my salary as an electrical engineer, then decided to go to grad school for a degree in biomedical engineering. My salary is sadly barely more than his grad school stipend!
Once he graduates and heads back into the working world he'll obviously make much more than I do.
They're like polar opposite fields though, so no comparison. I make the same salary as my male coworkers. Well, slightly more, but only because I volunteered for extra work they would have paid a part-time person for.
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I make 100% more - he's in school full time right now. As for my job, I'm in a female dominated field and I am probably better compensated than most in the country (legal assistant in NYC in a large firm).
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I make more than my DH. Although he's self employed, owning a small labour company and a fitness trainer part time. They can be difficult industries to work in.
I do not think I make the equivalent to any male counterparts. Although, I'm grossly underpaid at my job (by about 20k per year) and I don't actually work with any males who are in the same position to me (I'm all solo in my department). So, I'm basing my answer on information I've heard from friends at other companies.
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I make about 10k more. DH and I work in the same industry but we have different job functions. We started out at the same time, but I had my master's, which automatically qualified me for a higher starting salary and higher bonus. DH had to switch companies to bridge the $30k gap we used to have.
I consider myself fairly compensated, which I attribute to negotiating strongly for the salary I wanted. I sort of don't have any comparable male co-workers. My team is small and all female except for one contract worker. He makes big bucks because he's on contract (so no benefits) and he's highly skilled with many more years experience than I have.
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I make more. We've been going back and forth, but my pay recently surpassed DH's. My employer is more generous with pay raises, so I'll probably stay ahead of DH for the near term.
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DH makes about 50% more than I do right now. We are in different fields although we both have doctoral level degrees. His field just generally pays more and I know that his female co-workers make the same as he does. I am the only one who does my specific job in my small company, so I really don't know how much a man would make in my place.
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I made more for a few years when he was entering his field (we are in two completely different fields), but now he makes almost double what I make. I have the potential in a couple years to close the gap though.
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I bit more than my husband because I have been teaching longer than he has. When he gets his administration credential, he will definitely surpass my pay.
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I work part time (25 hours) so I make less. If I worked full time, I would still make less, but not by an exorbitant amount. He makes more than I ever will in my career field.
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My husband and I have similar education and both work an office job. He has 0 People reporting to him, but I have around 60. He still makes $15K more than I do. I think he's a stronger salary negotiator than I am.
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I like that lots of people have chosen the last poll option of wanting lots of money, lots and lots of money.
The poll numbers look great, but reading some of the comments makes me sad. The thing I love about government jobs is that the scale (seemingly) is only based on experience and education. I've applied to gov't. jobs where the range is advertised, I'd be curious to see two candidates, a man and a woman, with similar experience get the job and whether or not the man would negotiate for a better salary.
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@mrsjazz: pool of money!! But oh, men for sure tend to negotiate more than women. I would bet this is most often the case
I actually did NOT negotiate for my current offer, but I took the guidance of a few male mentors who advised me against it. Our company...frowns upon internal negotiations, no matter your gender
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I will always earn more, but that is simply by virtue of our career choices. Historically in my general field, women typically get paid less than their male counterparts. Even going through the same exact training. My specific field is so small, that I think my salary is very competitive.
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D H has weeks where he makes nearly my yearly salary in a week, but those are atypical. But, he makes significantly more than me.
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I make a lot more than my DH - like double - but we are in very different sectors. The irony is, my DH gives me advice about my team issues and coached me for my interview! He's a much better manager than me!
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Interestingly, my husband and I are in the same field, working for the same employer. We have about the same number of years of experience now (after I took 2 years off) and he makes more than I do. The reason for that is he is a full time employee that came over as an internal transfer and they met his salary. I came over as a consultant and while I named my number and got it, the immediately told me it would be impossible to match my salary, which was the same as my husband's.
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@mrsjazz: I work for a government contractor so our pay grades are published and I know that someone of the same education/experience as me will be in the same pay grade. But the grades are HUGE and one of my colleagues who started the same day as me on the same project with the same education/experience (different schools, but same major, similar GPAs, similar internships), and he made a LOT more than me.
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Last year I made more before taxes (as a WAH, self-employed, freelance person!). This year I will make significantly less since I took 5 months mat leave plus my holidays/vacations are obviously not paid. I have no idea what others in my field make since, as a freelancer, it really varies by country and industry and my job puts me in competition with people from all over the world.
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I make significantly more but it's b/c DH is not in a normal career field by any means!
I have a feeling I probably make less than men in my position though. I knew it for a fact at my old job but not sure about the company I'm at now.
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I make 2.5 times as much as DH. He is in social-work and I am in medical. I earn at the top end of my field for our area right now.
That being said, I spent my early 20's in a semi-stagnant career of military intelligence/government work. I was definitely the stereotypical female employee who was caged in by male cronyism and my own passivity. I liked the work but didn't have the personality to break through the brotherhood wall and get the promotions I deserved.
I went back to school for a career that suited my goals and even then was one of the lowest paid in my state. Too passive, too complacent in my career moves. I gave up pay to play nice. Stupid, stupid, stupid.
I had LO and we were barely able to pay daycare and all of our bills. I realized my husband wasn't going to magically make more money. Finally, FINALLY I had the kick in the ass I needed to strategically and aggressively plan out my next steps. -
DH makes twice as much as me for now. Hopefully when I get my promotion I will be just slightly less.
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I make less because I work for myself but since DH & I are in the same field, we would make the same. I actually was offered more than he was for the beginning of our marriage until I started working less hours in admin.
Women and men in our field, depending on experience, usually make the same. DH & I are usually offered more because we have 9+ years of experience, even without degrees.
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I have a masters and work in the field of sciences and my husband has a trade job and makes about 25% more than me.
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@lizzywiz: smart! What do you do now?
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@lizzywiz: Inspiring
Sounds like me except without the breakthrough.
I'm an underpaid teacher...
Sounds like me except without the breakthrough.
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