Balrog0 posted...
KILBOTz posted...
Teachers get the same pay, some of the trades still pay well, pharmacists and medical stuff from what I understand still gets paid well, etc.
like almost none of that is true, man, and I don't know what the "etc" could mean here since there's nothing logically connecting those trades other than the fact that they all exist in both rural and urban areas -- and there's nothing that pays better in rural areas
e.g., with regard to teachers you have to keep in mind that localities have a huge amount of power over teacher pay so areas that are wealthier will have higher paid teachers.
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/education/2017/07/26/texas-rural-schools-need-help-attracting-teachers-pay
ditto for health care professionals. rural areas are disproportionately covered by medicaid, which negotiates much lower payment schedules than private plans
for teachers I guess it does vary by state. washington state looks like it changed about 10 years ago so my info there was outdated but the state dollars still make up an average about 80% of the salary.
trades im talking plumbers, electricians, etc. wages are lower in rural areas but at least locally, its not huge. my folks live in rural washington, I live in seattle, I paid my roofer about 10% more/square foot than they did doing a reroofing the same year (2015).
for medical professionals
http://www.physicianspractice.com/blog/do-rural-doctors-make-more-money-have-higher-job-satisfaction
compare to my skillset which is procurement, contracts, management, project management, change management, process writing, etc., I make about $130k in seattle, I got an offer late last year in Chehalis, WA, a small city of like 8k people in a rural area, for $54k, and the job is largely in line with what I already do.
