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Here I sit as an employee of the State of California, at the top of my profession, at the top of my salary band... and living in the Bay Area, if I didn't have
by whyenot 3y ago
Here I sit as an employee of the State of California, at the top of my profession, at the top of my salary band... and living in the Bay Area, if I didn't have supplemental income I couldn't even afford to buy a new car.
This isn't a "woe is me" statement, I love my job, have other sources of income, and will be fine. Many of my coworkers are not so lucky. Our comically ineffective union just negotiated a new contract with a 10% raise over 3 years. That will likely be less than inflation. Public employee job postings stay open for months because it is so difficult to recruit anyone. More and more people move into private industry where they do little to serve the public but are more fairly compensated. More broadly, in the Bay Area, there are a small group of professionals who make a decent salary, and then there is everyone else. Something has to give eventually. I worry what that will look like.
- chaps 3y agoHow much do you make per year, excluding your other sources? And what kind of car are you talking about?
- thelastgallon 3y agoState employees get pension. The pay raises are guaranteed every year. No risk of layoffs. If you started early, you can retire by early 50s. The pensions are worth a ton and stability is guaranteed for retirement. I read a recent article, Govt employee, about 120Kish in income, can retire at 52 years with really good pension, the equivalent of having 6 million in the bank.
- clipsy 3y ago> can retire at 52 years with really good pension, the equivalent of having 6 million in the bank. I'd love to see the math on this claim.
- syndicatedjelly 3y agoThat’s assuming one lives to the age of 200 years old
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- whyenot 3y agoThe most common CALPERS retirement formula is 2% at 62. If you retire at 52, you will get 1%. The formula would be: 0.01 * (years of service) * (final compensation) Where final compensation is usually an average over your last 36 months. If your final compensation is 120k, and you have worked in a state job for 30 years, your annual pension would be $36,000 Pay raises are NOT guaranteed. The last general salary increase I had was in 2021. There can be layoffs, although they are rare, and in some cases you may have retreat rights. There were layoffs during the 2008-2009 budget crisis. I don't know what article you read, but it doesn't seem very accurate to me.
- cvccvroomvroom 3y agoWow. So the union negotiated for a real dollar pay cut. What a load.