Heroes for pay

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Re: Heroes for pay

 

Most factory workers, at least in this area. Grocery store employees. Mall store managers. Etc. Being a policemen or fireman does not take any more education than what I've just mentioned. While many might have a college education, it isn't needed for the job. It takes a certain type of personality to do the jobs, but not education. I know I'm in the minority, but I do not see police and fire fighters being that special, and think getting an average salary for the area should be enough.

 

As for the lawyers, doctors, and such you mention, I think they are in the grossly overpaid category, but that's a topic for another thread.

 

Actually, lawyers tend to fall into a bifurcated set of pay groups: corporate attorneys, and everyone else. Corporate attorneys make 120k+, depending on firm and city and number of years in practice. Everybody else tends to start out between 30 and 60k, moving up slowly and, if they're in government, eventually topping out around 100-170k(i.e., GS15). Part of what drives up salaries for the corporate attorneys(and the doctors, for that matter), is the student loan debt(plus the high cost of malpractice insurance for doctors).

Managing a mall store and potentially putting yourself in harm's way on a regular basis are two different things. If the mall store manager had to fight fires or arrest possibly-armed criminals, they would ask for a substantial raise. If they had to teach a room full of kids, ditto. It's not just the qualifications, it's the rigors and demands of the position.