[BC] Why One answer

[Robert Meuser]

There are very big differences in cost of living in various sized 
markets. Wages are generally geared to those costs. Housing is one of 
the big items.

R

Dana Puopolo wrote:

>That's fine...But how come two guys can BOTH have 20 years of experience and
>still have a 500% difference in their wages depending on what market they're
>in?
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>Like I said, it doesn't seem to matter to the rates the plumber or mechanic or
>electrician get - so why does it mmatter to the engineer?...or are lower on
>the totem pole then they guy who gets paid (more then us!) to fix toilets?
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>The other day I was talking to one of the people who buy time on one of my
>client's stations. He's a contractor, and asked me what the average engineer
>in Boston gets paid. He was AMAZED at how low it was - he says he pays his
>workers 50% more then that - and himself makes five times what the average
>engineer here makes. He's in his late '20's, by the way....
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>-D
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>------ Original Message ------
>Received: Fri, 21 Jul 2006 11:20:38 AM EDT
>From: "JYRussell at academicplanet.com" <jyrussell at academicplanet.com>
>To: "Broadcasters' Mailing List" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
>Subject: Re: [BC] Why  One answer
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>One of the answers I was given years ago was that it was "paying your 
>dues"... The reasoning was "Obviously, the well-paid CE for a bajillion watt 
>TV powerhouse had to start somewhere... and you only get that kind of 
>education a couple of ways... one way is to pay to go to college for it... 
>the other, pay for it in labor and hands-on experience"...
>
>   I admit, it's probably a better education than falling asleep in class, 
>and it's got a lot of value....but wouldn't it be nice to afford food and 
>gas while you're going though it all !
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>Jason
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> The work we do is
>the same whether we're fixing an FM25K in Chicago or Presque Isle, Maine. In
>fact, fixing that rig in Maine can be HARDER due to the inabilty to have 
>local
>parts available.
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>Why?
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>-D
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