Question: How much do you earn?

Stephen Baillargeon answered on 15 Jun 2018:

When I was working at group homes I was making about $10 an hour, but just before I moved away turned down a promotion which would have bumped me to $15 an hour. When I was working with autistic children, I was making $20 an hour. Ironically the most financially profitable job I’ve had is street performance where I made anywhere from 8 to 60 per hour. There are also better jobs that I’ve been close to getting that I’ve had to turn down in favour of continuing my education, usually salary positions around $60,000 a year. Professors at the level I’d like to work usually make 60,000 to 80,000 in the US, but I’m in Austria now, so I don’t really no what to expect, but if it helps me survive comfortably, I honestly don’t care. The correlation between income and happiness is kinda strong until you make about $60,000 a year, then it doesn’t much matter beyond that.