# Maryland = highest pay in the country **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [September 23, 2009, 5:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/maryland-highest-pay-in-the-country/73922 "2009-09-23T05:09:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 8:35am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/maryland-highest-pay-in-the-country/73922/21 "2009-09-23T08:35:32Z")
I am PRETTY productive too. I don’t go out of my way to find work though. I do what I have to. I just do it quickly so that I can fuck around here longer. I have seen some unproductive ppl, trust me on that one ---
**Author:** ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 8:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/maryland-highest-pay-in-the-country/73922/22 "2009-09-23T08:40:21Z")
I’ve seen people that work non-stop while at work and are still unproductive. ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 8:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/maryland-highest-pay-in-the-country/73922/23 "2009-09-23T08:43:11Z")
> [@boardjnky4](#): > > I am PRETTY productive too. I don’t go out of my way to find work though. I do what I have to. I just do it quickly so that I can fuck around here longer. > > I have seen some unproductive ppl, trust me on that one Like I said you wouldn’t understand unless you have seen it… Go find a DoD contractor and ask them about govies and see what they say… ---
**Author:** ![OfficerK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4da419/32.png) [@OfficerK](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/OfficerK)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 8:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/maryland-highest-pay-in-the-country/73922/24 "2009-09-23T08:47:22Z")
> [@boardjnky4](#): > > I am PRETTY productive too. I don’t go out of my way to find work though. I do what I have to. I just do it quickly so that I can fuck around here longer. Same, I have tons of time I just idle around…but when I have a job to get done I do it quickly and correctly the first time. ---
**Author:** ![ryanmcell](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ryanmcell/32/7510_2.png) [@ryanmcell](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ryanmcell)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 3:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/maryland-highest-pay-in-the-country/73922/25 "2009-09-23T15:02:14Z")
It’s also extremely costly to live there. Fairfax County I always hear is 1 or 2 for richest counties in the US. Makes sense given a shitty ass condo runs 250k to buy. ---
**Author:** ![ryanmcell](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ryanmcell/32/7510_2.png) [@ryanmcell](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ryanmcell)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 3:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/maryland-highest-pay-in-the-country/73922/26 "2009-09-23T15:06:35Z")
> [@TradersBASE](#): > > My father and bro live in VA and work in DC. The commute is horrible. The housing even after it plummeted is still high as hell. So while you make more, the cost of housing zaps you pretty hard. This is no surprise, it’s like that in any heavily populated city. Now go’ment workers…they get hefty pay and it seems to climb exponentially with minimal effort and work ethic. ☹ (Sorry Dad. LOL. He retired from the go’ment at 55) Oh the commute is terrible. I have been traveling into downtown DC all week and I leave at 7am and still don’t get there til almost 9am and it is only like 11 miles. It sucks. I love my normal commute of 5 miles away from DC that takes about 3 minutes lol. The recession/housing burst didn’t really hit this area at all. ---
**Author:** ![Willybeen](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/willybeen/32/7351_2.png) [@Willybeen](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Willybeen)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 4:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/maryland-highest-pay-in-the-country/73922/27 "2009-09-23T16:55:32Z")
No big surprise here… ---
**Author:** ![TradersBASE](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tradersbase/32/5321_2.png) [@TradersBASE](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TradersBASE)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 7:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/maryland-highest-pay-in-the-country/73922/28 "2009-09-23T19:05:36Z")
> [@ryanmcell](#): > > Oh the commute is terrible. I have been traveling into downtown DC all week and I leave at 7am and still don’t get there til almost 9am and it is only like 11 miles. It sucks. I love my normal commute of 5 miles away from DC that takes about 3 minutes lol. > > The recession/housing burst didn’t really hit this area at all. Depends on the area. In much of outer VA it dropped quite well. Downtown DC is pretty exclusive and if the rich don’t sell then prices won’t budge much. Supply and demand at work. Rich are generally well insulated from _NEEDING_ to sell unlike the working class stiffs going through foreclosure. Many people, unlike the rich took arm and interest only loans putting themselves FAR too leveraged. I know this from direct connections…not 3rd party. The traffic all around DC is just disgusting. That’s part of why closer to DC is holding up well. That many people…housing is still needed. And add to that the promise of go’ment jobs increasing, many of whom would be working in DC. ---
**Author:** ![n20junkie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/n20junkie/32/7396_2.png) [@n20junkie](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/n20junkie)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 7:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/maryland-highest-pay-in-the-country/73922/29 "2009-09-23T19:11:46Z")
Mean income of government employees = 129,000 Mean income of private sector = 69,000 I need to say no more. [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/maryland-highest-pay-in-the-country/73922.md?page=1)