> her $16.60 an hour works out to $34,520 a year. Interesting... I'm developer at a comparably tiny company, I get paid slightly less than her per hour but a l

> her $16.60 an hour works out to $34,520 a year. Interesting... I'm developer at a comparably tiny company, I get paid slightly less than her per hour but a larger salary overall, and my rent is less than half of hers (and it's not considered cheap around here). I know i'm not paid top notch but all I read here is it's hard to be a janitor in expensive places. [EDIT] Maybe this is not a fair comparison, I'm not paid hourly, and all I have revealed here is that I work rather a lot of hours. She does 44ish hour weeks, and to be fair as a cleaner you are unlikely to physically be able to work more (consistently). The ratio of pay to rent is ridiculous though, (that is a fair comparison) my rent is way under half hers. If housing is that expensive in that area then janitors should be paid more...