The upper class thread makes it look like we have a bunch of people who turn up their nose to a median income...let's see.

How much do YOU (not your household) bring home each year on average (excluding investments)?

Bonus Question...Who's the highest earning OT'er?

OT INCOME POLL single choice
	1-40k
	40-60k
	60k-120k
	120k-200k
	>200k
	The chain on my spectacle costs more than your house.
Votes accepted starting: 12/11/18 07:09 PM You must vote before you can view the results of this poll.

How do you know who voted?

It ain't how much you make..it's how much you keep

not enough

Im underpaid for my talents

Selling drugs has been good to me.

Mo

Jensent on the bonus question

yep.. based on inheritance.

I don't make much, but I don't really try to. Chasing the wind isn't my thing, I have contentment and that fellas is what it's all about.

Would those with money to invest contact me by PM? I have guaranteed 25% ROI products. Trust me. JK Don't send PM.

Incomes generally go down when you retire so to balance this poll why not do one based on Net Worth.

If you made money you would be working in a mint. I earn mine.

I would think as much time, for those who will respond to this and on the OT all day, every day, the working class to become upper class would be limited.

16% above $200K. Should have raised the top end on this poll OP.

It's the Christmas season, soo

Will refrain from telling you where to put this stupid question.

JMO

Apparently, I am seriously underpaid.

Freelance gynecology doesn't pay what it used to. That's about all I can say.

Is it bad that I run a department and get paid less than everyone in it?

Everyone as a collective? Nah, that's okay.

Individually? Yeah man, you gotta fix that!

Yeah I need to have a talk with someone lol.

Enough

The wife makes double what I make and we have joint accounts so its only fair I include her income,

I'm a millionaire......in pesos

$100k

in other words you saying "go get Scrooged"

Give me that 16% and we�ll talk.

Did I just get the enternet forum version of �get off my lawn�?

Zero I suppose....

I live off the government, a pension, and my investments.

I get by...

Gross or net?

I made them eat cake tonight.

I like cake.

I remember back when I could eat it.

Its on the internet so it has to be true.

Nothing like I did in my past life

Had to take early retirement, I get $750 a month. Thank God my wife makes enough for us to get by.

I�m retiring in 2020. Sort of. It does require a trip to S.Dakota every two years. My retirement is taking over the family farm leasing opp. 8000 acres of prime corn land and oil leases. On Lake Oahe. I might spend summers there catching smallies and waving at Sitting Bull.

Close to Mobridge then? I�ve been by the Sitting Bull monument many times.

My grandfather always said "A rich man is not one who spends alot but one who saves alot."

They love fruit cocktail......

And Key Lime pie.

My feelings exactly, Trebor, plus it is none of your business as long as I am not asking you for handouts. NYOB!

No one is asking you to post your income in the open forum. That would be uncouth, I agree. The poll is anonymous.

DuckHunter, I do not feel the need to know the income brackets of others on the forum and still feel it is a rude, inappropriate poll. I do not want or need to know what income bracket other posters may be in. All I know is hubby and I are in the poverty bracket but we do not ask others for help even if we need it. I do have a son who lives in DFW now but who will come up here to fix the central heat if it goes haywire. I do thank God for him and that he was allowed to swing on the rafters (while his arm was in a cast) and bug the constuction guys and electricians while they worked. He absorbed it like a sponge and has been gainfully employed by electricians in the past.

Where is the zero $ option?

Right. Ask a few on here and they agree with my wife. I make no money and really am just worthless.

when you put a zero it doesn't show as an option on the polls for some reason.

LULZ

It's just a poll...not asking for any personal info unless people want to offer it, just a generic distribution out of curiosity of the type of curve we would get from the people on here. I figured it would be a bell with a mean toward the higher end. You don't have to vote, and you don't even have to be honest if you do (primary reason for the spectacle chain option).

Some people don't mind, and even enjoy talking about this kind of stuff. Some, like you, do not. In my personal experience those who are more open about this sort of thing are the ones who are more successful. I think that's because people who are motivated typically seek out those who are successful to learn how they themselves can be successful. Sharing and distribution of knowledge is one of the primary reasons humanity has come so far so fast. Then there are those who say it's rude. Over the last 8 years my average is in the middle bracket, with one year I didn't hit make it and 2 I've made it into the next bracket. If I found it rude and just went about my own business I would probably be sitting much lower, but because I bugged the successful guys and soaked it up like a sponge like your son did, I was able to learn things that would have taken me years if not more.

There are 197 votes at this time with 5 chain votes which may or may not be for real so lets use 192 for this analysis.

66 are over $120,000 so in this poll 34.4 % are upper class income wise with just one income. We have some very successful individuals on TFF.

Success is relative.

Agreed, and we need to Bernie this up a little.

Not enough. I want the new Post Malone crocs but can't afford them.

The number one predictor of wealth is age. We have a bunch of olds on this forum. Warren Buffet would trade all his billions to be 20 again without hesitation. Would any twenty year old take all Buffet's billions but have to be 80? I think few if any. The most valuable commodity on the planet is time.

Technically yes...but this topic was intended to be a narrow minded perspective...a slice of the pie if you will.

I will.

Surely you've seen the Office episode where Darryl is asking for a raise, only to find out that he already makes more than Michael Scott. They go to corporate to ask Jan for a raise for Michael, and it is epically hilarious.

Great post.

I know I am underpaid. We have guys with half my experience who just left to work in the metroplex for more than I'm making and big signing bonuses to boot. But I get to live in the country, my job is 15 minutes from home and they give me the flexibility to go do family stuff any time I want. Pretty low stress, I get paid for OT, and the work environment is improving. I know I could make more money elsewhere, but I don't think I'd be any happier than where I'm at.

I make just enough to go bass fishing, play golf and pay my taxes, what more could I ask for.

My point was that the poll is anonymous. If you had voted in the poll, no one would have known that you did or what you selected.

You, in the above post, just volunteered the information you�re arguing is rude and inappropriate to be asked, which the OP wasn�t asking you to do.

If he had said �post up your annual income,� that would have been inappropriate and rude, and I suspect most people wouldn�t reply and, if they did, wouldn�t be truthful.

You don�t know the income bracket of anyone else here, unless they also posted their income bracket, because the poll was anonymous.

13 and a half cents a day. I know that I'm bragging, but I have 16 years of college and work at Toyota. I've earned the right to brag.

Even further what you make is not a complete indication of wealth. There are tons cases where people high salaries had to file for bankruptcy because they got too far in debt.

Excellent outlook. Enjoy your family and low stress is worth a lot more in my opinion. I went to sleep one day and woke up an old. Getting ready to retire in Feb. In hindsight, there were some things I missed when my kids were small, but you can't go back, time only moves in one direction.

Its TFF, just like the internet , has to be true.

I make more than I ever thought I would.

That said we all know everyone in the OT makes 100k plus and is 6 feet tall at least...

I did the poll this way to keep it simple...narrow minded, yes, but earnings indicate potential for wealth...how it's spent/invested would fill in most of the rest of the picture. I would imagine there is a pretty dang strong correlation between income amount and ease of wealth accumulation.

But yes, people in low income bracket can become wealthy. My grandpa never made much money, but retired with more money than he knew what to do with...and died with it. Some lifestyles require very little money to be wealthy.

I make roughly 1/10th of what I better be making within 2 years!

...!!!!$$$$!!!!

and extremely handsome and a great bass fisherman,