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[Cardigan600]

Yo Troopers, these USA guys don't half kid us giving us the POOR MOUTH. My nephew just emailed he lives in Philadelphia and goes to University there. He Graduates next year and has just been for a job interview this morning, they offered him the job starting next year as an accountant starting at $46,000.00 plus holidays and pension scheme and health care. Now that works out at $884.00 a week or £562.00 for a junior starting off, so what are you big Guns earning and all we hear is cannot afford this model or the postage is to high, man pull the other leg lol. Hope Andy doesn't read this K&C will be double the price tomorrow for the USA lmao. No more POOR MOUTH please guys we Brits have sussed you out..
Bernard.

 

[DMNamiot]

Ah Bernard you slay me!

Now thats pretty good coin to start off with, but its dollars and not pounds. I am sure he will see that his expenses will eat up every dime, rent/mortgage food cableTV etc etc etc, not to mention taxes. I just hope he doesnt have the collecting bug too.

Still good coin to start.

Dave

 

[Wendy]

He's gonna need it. Doubtless he has student loans to pay off.

 

[mikemiller1955]

factor women in the mix and he's gonna need some over time...

 

[BLReed]

$46K is a good starting salary. Better in Little Rock, Arkansas. Not so
much in New York City.

He can expect to put in 60 hours per week with maybe one weekend free
per month. Then if travel is involved add another 10+ hours. Typically, a
salaried position. No paid overtime.

And the French are rioting over a 40 hour week and retirement at 62
instead of 60.

 

[Martin Tabony]

factor women in the mix and he's gonna need some over time...

Ha ha.

 

[Currahee Chris]

Go figure- an Irish accountant in Philly

I started at $30k almost 15 years ago. That salary is liveable- especially in the Philly/ Bucks County/ Montgomery county area- in fact- Bucks or MontCo- he's slightly above poverty line.

Congratulations to him, the first few years are tough but it does get easier.

 

[Cardigan600]

$46K is a good starting salary. Better in Little Rock, Arkansas. Not so
much in New York City.

He can expect to put in 60 hours per week with maybe one weekend free
per month. Then if travel is involved add another 10+ hours. Typically, a
salaried position. No paid overtime.

And the French are rioting over a 40 hour week and retirement at 62
instead of 60.

Yo Trooper, some good pointers there will mention this when I phone him next, so they give you a good salary but then they own your soul lol and flog you to death.

To answer Mikes question as well, he is already on the road to ruin lol, he gets married in May before he starts work. Only kidding lady's what would we do without you.
Bernard.

 

[theBaron]

He's in my corner of the world. $46K right out of college is pretty good, especially when you consider that the job market is very tight right now. However, cost of living isn't so bad in SE PA. He doesn't need to buy right now, he can rent, good apartments can be had for around $500, and if he gets a roommate or two, as is common here for 20-somethings right out of school, he can save even more.

Getting married is not a bad idea. Combined income going towards housing and other expenses means that they can save more, and maybe in a couple of years, have enough put by to buy a house.

Generally speaking, it worked for all of the previous generations, and it's still a good plan for a successful and comfortable life today.

Prost!
Brad

 

[lancer]

Go figure- an Irish accountant in Philly

I started at $30k almost 15 years ago. That salary is liveable- especially in the Philly/ Bucks County/ Montgomery county area- in fact- Bucks or MontCo- he's slightly above poverty line.

Congratulations to him, the first few years are tough but it does get easier.

Just a note on affordability in different areas: I live in Montgomery County, Maryland on the NW side of Wash.D.C. The average income needed for a single person in this area is in the $50-$60,000 range. This figure almost doubles for a family of 3-4 persons. Stay out of this area if you wish to have any left over money. -- Al

 

[Gideon]

You should be very happy he's in Philly.

If he were making $46K in NYC, you'd have to send him money to keep him afloat. To live above the fray in NYC and to have a nice "quality of life", you really need to be making in the $70K & $80K + but in Philly, he can buy property and live very comfortably on $46k.

 

[Currahee Chris]

You should be very happy he's in Philly.

If he were making $46K in NYC, you'd have to send him money to keep him afloat. To live above the fray in NYC and to have a nice "quality of life", you really need to be making in the $70K & $80K + but in Philly, he can buy property and live very comfortably on $46k.

Really??? I agree about NYC being more expensive but am a bit surprised with you and Brad's responses- whenever I am there, it seems so much more expensive than the rest of the State- Brad- I think you said you could rent a place for $500?? Maybe I am just getting myself confused with MontCo or Chester County- could be.

 

[Gideon]

Really??? I agree about NYC being more expensive but am a bit surprised with you and Brad's responses- whenever I am there, it seems so much more expensive than the rest of the State- Brad- I think you said you could rent a place for $500?? Maybe I am just getting myself confused with MontCo or Chester County- could be.

Philly is cheap compared to NYC. I don't live in Center City or Fairmount where the prices get insane.

 

[Currahee Chris]

Philly is cheap compared to NYC. I don't live in Center City or Fairmount where the prices get insane.

Well, that explains it then- whenever I am there, I am in City Hall or the Criminal Justice Center. Parking is through the roof!!

 

[theBaron]

Really??? I agree about NYC being more expensive but am a bit surprised with you and Brad's responses- whenever I am there, it seems so much more expensive than the rest of the State- Brad- I think you said you could rent a place for $500?? Maybe I am just getting myself confused with MontCo or Chester County- could be.

Montgo reaches from the city line with Philly to just below Route 663, about 35-40 miles from one end to the other, and about 30 miles or so from the Schuyllkill to the Bucks County line. I don't know if you remember Pottstown, but that's still in Montgomery County. I grew up in the upper end of the county, and that's what I'm talking about. There is a lot of development going on, and house prices went up, but it's still possible to find reasonably-priced appartments in the northern half of Montgomery, and in Bucks County, too, and be able to commute down into Philly.

Prost!
Brad