Game Warden Job Listing

[Dirtbag]

Average rent in SLC is over $1600. Not a lot leftover making $24 an hour.

 

[7mm-08]

These Intermountain states (MT, ID, UT, WY) advertise positions requiring Masters and even doctoral degrees at very low salary levels as a cost savings strategy because they can get away with it. I suspect there will be hundreds of applicants for those positions as living in these locations with this employment category is a very high demand situation. I don't know how a young person who put her/himself through college carrying even small outstanding educational debt would be able to afford to take a job at that salary unless they were married to a higher earner. Housing costs in these states are substantial compared to the South and Midwest.

 

[Lawnboi]

Welcome to government paid public service.

Few more years of 7% cost of living increases, with 1.5% raises and insurance premiums that are doubling and ain’t nobody going to be there to do it.

And people will bitch when they hire a bunch of clowns because there is nobody else.

Public service in general is on a path of destruction.

 

[Reburn]

I hear AVB is looking for a job.
Think of all the BOALs he could steal.

In all seriousness.
I know a guy that makes 22 hr and he is a grade A moron and his boss hopes he doesn't come to work TOO high......

 

[TheHammer]

Yes. I am one of them. I make a little bit more than that. But would gladly take the little cut in wage. Problem is I only have a high school education and no military background. I applied to be a state trooper twice. On the second time a guy that interviewed told me that I would have better if I had a degree, military history or time on a police department or sheriff department.
And none of those interested me so I quit applying. I assuming game warden would be the same way. In KS they advertise as "degree preferred".

Out of curiosity what do you guys that are saying "how do people live off of that" make? When my wife and I had our first kid in 2006 I was grossing $29,000 a yr and we lived fine. Drove fairly new vehicles, no debt, enough money to go on an out of state vacation every summer and buy all of my hunting stuff needed.

06? To now is a bit different. I was a senior in high school then and made 34g working 3 jobs. Now both my incomes are just about 4x that. Depends what part of the country, cost of living, exc… but 24$/hr here (Wi) isn’t getting you very far. I looked into becoming a warden in wy, that’s a whole lotta requirements compared to this add.

 

[Dirtbag]

$28 bucks potential an hour at Chick Fila, Taylorsville, Utah.

Lunch Shift Team Member in Salt Lake City Utah

| Taylorsville, UT |Taylorsville, UT| Part-time |Part-time| Estimated: $23.9K - $30.3K a year |Estimated: $23.9K - $30.3K a year|**This position is...

saltlakecity-ut.geebo.com

 

[dieselchessy]

My wife watched those house buying and remodeling shows on tv. Back in the Midwest/Mississippi River corridor they will be showing a 2500 sq.ft house with paved drive on 20 forested acres and say $300k for the works. LOL
On the west coast that place would be $800k+ easy if not $1M.

I always wonder what does a 2x4 cost in Kentucky?

 

[Lawnboi]

I hear AVB is looking for a job.
Think of all the BOALs he could steal.

In all seriousness.
I know a guy that makes 22 hr and he is a grade A moron and his boss hopes he doesn't come to work TOO high......

And that’s part of the issue with public service now a days. Once coveted jobs are being filled by whoever including self serving individuals because of lack of decent applicants.

 

[KsRancher]

06? To now is a bit different. I was a senior in high school then and made 34g working 3 jobs. Now both my incomes are just about 4x that. Depends what part of the country, cost of living, exc… but 24$/hr here (Wi) isn’t getting you very far. I looked into becoming a warden in wy, that’s a whole lotta requirements compared to this add.

Dang. You guys are jumping on my "$29,000 in 2006" comment like it's the same as today. I didn't mean you could live on it the same today. I was saying that amount in 2006 is comparable to the $24/hr wage today. Around where I live anyway.

 

[Reburn]

Once coveted jobs are being filled by self serving individuals because of lack of adaquate compensation.

Fixed it for you.

I'm greatly against a bigger goverment or more goverment spending but sometimes its needed.

Hard to stand on morals when you have a family to feed.

 

[wind gypsy]

Just don't watch Joe Pickett before applying..

 

[CorbLand]

Dang. You guys are jumping on my "$29,000 in 2006" comment like it's the same as today. I didn't mean you could live on it the same today. I was saying that amount in 2006 is comparable to the $24/hr wage today. Around where I live anyway.

Oh no, we understand it but you cant live on what it is paying now... 29000 in 2006 is the equivalent to ~44000 in todays dollars. It would be very hard for someone with a family to live on 44000.00 a year. Thats all pre tax as well.

 

[CorbLand]

Fixed it for you.

I'm greatly against a bigger goverment or more goverement spending but sometimes its needed.

Hard to stand on morals when you have a family to feed.

Dan Cummins has a great bit about the problem with government jobs. Youtube it. Its called the Department of Caffeinated Beverage Distribution.

 

[Reburn]

Dan Cummins has a great bit about the problem with government jobs. Youtube it. Its called the Department of Caffeinated Beverage Distribution.

This one? Pretty sure it is but making sure.

ITS NOT RICK ROLL THIS TIME.

 

[CorbLand]

Thats the one but it may have a few moments that are probably frowned upon by the mods, so I didnt want to post a link.

 

[Yoder]

I work part time for a county agency as a paramedic making $18.00 an hour. Been there over 20 years.
Full time make $20.00 maybe $21.00.
They would love to make $24.00.
I make $33.00 as a nurse and hold a bachelors degree. Reading some of the posts here, Im definitely in the wrong line of work.

My friends daughter just graduated from nursing school. They live about 1 1/2 hrs north of NYC. She just started working at a small hospital for $45/hr. I was always shocked how little paramedics make. That's a tough job and you save people's lives. You should get paid 2-3x that much. I was making $20/hr with an Associates degree in 1995 working at a computer chip company. My job doesn't save anyone.

 

[Pony Soldier]

My junior year in wildlife management, they had a work study type job open. As I was applying they also had a warden position open. At that time A) it didn't pay worth a damn, B) Half the applicants had masters and 5 had Phds. C.my father in law had the mt fwp commission for x-mas dinner. A few months later I divorced his daughter and gave up any thoughts of a warden job.

Shortly there after I started a path to being an engineer with a future, 3 times the pay and a demand. Funny how life chooses your way. Things don't seem to have changed in the states.

 

[mtnrunner260]

Thank goodness Utah still has a few passionate employees as westhunt seems to be.
With the wages they pay they are turning into nothing more than an opportunity for a couple years experience for people to move to the feds.

 

[tony]

Average rent in SLC is over $1600. Not a lot leftover making $24 an hour.

That is insane

I should have added, I am retired as well. Got on the fire dept young and retired at 25 years, (late 40s). I went to nursing school while working. I haven't dipped into the pension yet.
As far as nursing salary, its all over the place, low 20's to 50's for an RN.
GF is a travel CT tech and her next contract is for $3,000 a week.

 

[cnelk]

What’s the benefit package in addition to the salary?

Typically in these state jobs you can add 30% to the wage with the benefits