[BC] Why One answer

Fri Jul 21 15:33:50 CDT 2006

But you can live in Brooklyn, the Bronx, Queens, Suffolk County, New Jersey,
etc. for much less then Manhattan prices. Parking wouldn't be an issue then
either.  My wife was recently looking for housing in Secaucus, NJ and found
many apts. for well under $1500.00. That's half of what you claim when parking
is factored in. 

-D

------ Original Message ------
Received: Fri, 21 Jul 2006 02:18:45 PM EDT
From: Robert Meuser <Robertm at broadcast.net>
To: "Broadcasters' Mailing List" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
Subject: Re: [BC] Why  One answer

Ok, housing is about half than in New York City. Gas is over $3 per 
gallon here as well and it will cost you another $500 a month for 
parking. There are a number of jobs in broadcasting that pay under $90K 
including almost all union positions in NYC. This would translate to 
less than the $45K in the market you used as an example.

R

Dana Puopolo wrote:

>Not always.
>
>There are plenty of smaller 'boutique' markets where housing costs are WAY
>more then salaries. 
>
>As an example, I was offered a job in one of these markets. It's located 30
>miles north of San Francisco.  They offered me $45K for four class B FM's
and
>a 5 kW directional AM.
>
>A one bedroom apartment here costs about $1200.00 a month.
>
>Gas in CA is now about $3.50 a gallon.
>
>It's impossible to live there on what they pay!
>
>Besides, AS I SAID, the plumber's and electrician and car mechanics' rates
>aren't tied to the: "size of the market". We do the SAME type of work they
do.
>I even believe that our kind of work is more specialized (example: we are
also
>expected to be experts at computers and IT).
>
>Did you not read what my contractor friend said? He's 28, self trained and
>makes over twice what any of us here do!
>
>The problem is, WE let it get this way.  We allowed our salaries to stagnate
>while our workload increased, while the plumbers and mechanics and
contractors
>didn't!  The car dealer lists his repair rate as 90 dollars an hour. Take it
>or leave it. Same with the plumber, electrician, maintanance worker and
floor
>scrubber. Take it or leave it.
>
>
>Now, how do we fix it??
>
>-D
>
>
>-D
>
>
>------ Original Message ------
>Received: Fri, 21 Jul 2006 01:08:25 PM EDT
>From: Robert Meuser <Robertm at broadcast.net>
>To: "Broadcasters' Mailing List" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
>Subject: Re: [BC] Why  One answer
>
>
>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?
>>
>>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?
>>
>>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....
>>
>>-D
>>
>>
>>
>>------ 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
>>
>>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 !
>>
>>Jason
>>
>>
>><snip>
>>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.
>>
>>Why?
>>
>>-D
>>
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