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Wages in the MT field have not drastically gone down.  It has gone down some, don't get me wrong, but not drastically.   It only appears that way because there are so many work at home jobs now, MT companies, and VR has come on the scene.  The in-house positions have stayed around the same, maybe going up slightly.  I made $60,000 3 years ago, this past year I made $45,000.  That was my mistake for changing companies.   I am happy making $45,000, however.  I know I have the potential to make more and I am not in panic mode.   If you get on with a company with a great platform and not a lot of demographic issues, it isn't that hard.

By the way, to the poster that said admin/sec jobs have gone up, well any 'median' salary site will be inflated.  Look in your local paper and you will see they don't pay that much.  Have you looked at the 'median' salary sites for an MT?  HA! 

As far as newbies.  I have nothing against a newbie making the same as me.   They have to learn!  They have the same motivation and desire and I was new once too.   If I applied for the receptionist job after having 20 years experience, I will still get offered what the going rate is, same as the person with 1 year experience.   We do have an advantage over a new MT.  We have experience!  We can produce more in a shorter amount of time.  So why people beat down the new MT is beyond me.   Do you remember how hard it was? 

My point to this whole post was only to state that jobs in several fields are not moving up the pay scale.   Constantly assuming that MTs are in crisis mode is a little over the top.   You want to state that the country is in crisis mode, that makes sense.  Rent, groceries, cars...all going up....our salary is not! 

• Wages - Taylor
  • stop "complaining about offshoring to india?? NEVER sorry.. sm - MT
  • I'm kind of with you on this one, i love my job! - MT698
  • Taylor is apparently one of the luck ones - gourdpainter
  • Apparently.... - GGG
  • MT wages - tired
    • Tired of it also - LeaveIt Already
      • The industry HASN'T advanced. sm - IMO
    • I'd just like to have some work!! I ran out after only 172 lines! UGH! nm - Broke MT
  • Do you enjoy living with your head buried in the sand? - FrustratedMT
    • I am betting that is not where here head is stuffed (in the sand)!!!! - betting girl
  • You're omitting some very important factors. - IMO
    • Same experience, I agree - Searching MDI-er
    • Yes, and because your neighbor gets - Bummed out
    • Your post is so dead-on! Agree with everything you said. - nm
  • You are lucky you work on eScription then... Try - crywolf
  • You're forgetting the Consumer Price Index has gone up 30% since the 90s - so you're little $16/hour should be $23/hour. s
    • Oops, make that *your* little..... - No message
      • Make sure you put an emphasis on the adjective "little" nm - Just my 2 cents
  • What a silly concept - me
  • I agree to disagree with you. In many fields wages - Happy MTer
    • Well - Taylor
      • You are indeed an unusual person - gourdpainter
      • One of your premises is flat out wrong - CynicalMT
        • Totally agree with you. The OP is out there... - nm
        • Geez! - Taylor
  • You're happy your wages have stayed the - sm
    • Who said I was happy? sm - Taylor
      • How come that you did not know...sm - la
      • How can you NOT KNOW you were training Indians? - Captain oblivious
  • Well written - NewMT
    • I would not - gourdpainter
      • Reading 095 -Local CC offers It - NewMT
        • Juxtaposition- apparently higher ed needed - CynicalMT
  • I disagree about training new MTs on VR - VR myself
    • yes, a newbie would know the difference between - la
      • I want to add: An US MT newbie would know, an offshored MT probably not..nm - la
        • Go scan the word help board - CynicalMT
          • Ya know what, CynicalMT... - Gotta Agree
          • I absolutely love your answer (sm) - VR myself
      • BTW, grammar police are not allowed. - on this board.
        • for "on this board:".........sm - la
      • I'm a QA, and if you think newbies fresh out of - sm
        • newbies and QA....sm - la
          • I wouldn't count on that. - sm
            • here I have to agree with you, I also often wonder about the questions that pop up there!..nm - la
            • I had the same thought - CynicalMT
  • Then don't whine when they send YOUR job - Whatever

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