HVAC Pay in the news: No surprise to us!

[flange]

my guys make that by may 15. when they advertise rates like that, it is usually the national average, and for metropolitan areas, it is way low. for bumf*** in the hills, it is probably high.

[Bubbleheadski]

happy birthday

LOL... Thanks! 4 days left!

[hvac248]

@ 40 hour i'm making a living over 40 hours i'm making money (and so is the fed's.)

[tinner73]

that's close to 6 months pay around here(union). i don't know how you guys make it on those numbers?? a $35k dollar car is the same everywhere.

[addamsmasher]

I hate articles like that because they're so general. I live outside Wash. DC and while I make more than that, I also pay 1850 a month for a 2 br condo, nothing fancy! They're not factoring in the CPI with that, it makes for alot of confused folks.

Example:

Washington D.C to Rapid City, SD :

Cost of living is 40.4% less in R.C than it is in DC which means....

If I make 51k here in DC then to maintain the SAME LIFESTYLE in R.C I only need to earn 30.4k

DC to Chicago:

Cost of living is 22.1% less in Chicago than it is in DC which means....

If I make 51k here in DC then to maintain the SAME LIFESTYLE in Chi town I only need to earn 39.71k

[djmurdock]

I hate articles like that because they're so general. I live outside Wash. DC and while I make more than that, I also pay 1850 a month for a 2 br condo, nothing fancy! They're not factoring in the CPI with that, it makes for alot of confused folks.

Example:

Washington D.C to Rapid City, SD :

Cost of living is 40.4% less in R.C than it is in DC which means....

If I make 51k here in DC then to maintain the SAME LIFESTYLE in R.C I only need to earn 30.4k

DC to Chicago:

Cost of living is 22.1% less in Chicago than it is in DC which means....

If I make 51k here in DC then to maintain the SAME LIFESTYLE in Chi town I only need to earn 39.71k

hey i am right around the corner from you are there any hvac schools in the area

[addamsmasher]

Well, theres Lincoln Tech just across the river in columbia (?) md, I'm in the 4 year program through Fairfax county which is a good program if you're in resi. (I gots classmates who work in hospitals, industrial, etc. and half the time they seem lost)

[djmurdock]

Well, theres Lincoln Tech just across the river in columbia (?) md, I'm in the 4 year program through Fairfax county which is a good program if you're in resi. (I gots classmates who work in hospitals, industrial, etc. and half the time they seem lost)

yea i am from here what the name of the program in fairfax county

[Bubbleheadski]

I hate articles like that because they're so general. I live outside Wash. DC and while I make more than that, I also pay 1850 a month for a 2 br condo, nothing fancy! They're not factoring in the CPI with that, it makes for alot of confused folks.

Example:

Washington D.C to Rapid City, SD :

Cost of living is 40.4% less in R.C than it is in DC which means....

If I make 51k here in DC then to maintain the SAME LIFESTYLE in R.C I only need to earn 30.4k

DC to Chicago:

Cost of living is 22.1% less in Chicago than it is in DC which means....

If I make 51k here in DC then to maintain the SAME LIFESTYLE in Chi town I only need to earn 39.71k

where did u find those comparisons?

and we had a guy working woith us that lived in Sterling then went back! Says he still wants to move down here again!

[BigJon3475]

http://msn.careerbuilder.com/Article...287309853-JT-5

We even got the picture!

How am I suppose to eat with bonuses like that?