Is 40K a year a salary? (degree, job, company, $40k)

[joeyk4]

40K (plus 3k bonus). I'm in the Chicago burbs and I work for a large company in purchasing. I always felt like that is a pretty good salary working in a cubical placing orders and answering emails all day but now I'm not so sure since I have a friend don't the same thing making 45K and said it was **** money.

[tripleh]

the best answer is "it depends"

mostly on your location.

[Pitt Chick]

Originally Posted by joeyk4

Is 40K a year a salary?

Sure.

[joe from dayton]

It certainly sounds like a salary.

[HTY483]

Not bad, particularly since it sounds like a no brainer job that does not require a degree or any technical traing.

[jribe]

Originally Posted by joeyk4

40K (plus 3k bonus). I'm in the Chicago burbs and I work for a large company in purchasing. I always felt like that is a pretty good salary working in a cubical placing orders and answering emails all day but now I'm not so sure since I have a friend don't the same thing making 45K and said it was **** money.

a good salary is relative to each individual. there's people that say you can't live in SF if you make under 250k a year; and others get by on 50k..

but for an easy job, i would say that's not bad

[Heath V]

Not bad for what sounds to be an easy job.

[GraceKrispy]

Of course it's a salary. Is it a *goodI salary? Well, that depends on cost of living, how many people you are supporting, what your additional living expenses are, etc etc. It's more than I make right now, and I live in an expensive area and am supporting kids and a husband. I'd love to have 40K coming in. You're making pretty good money for what doesn't sound like a taxing job.

Good salaries are all a matter of context and perspective.

[mikeyyc]

Who cares what other people think. What matters is what you think. If it's good enough for you, it's good enough.

$40K a year works out to be about $20 an hour, so it's certainly not horrible, but only you can decide if it's decent.

[Serious Conversation]

A guy making $45k doesn't have much room to put down someone make $43k.