I am a high school teacher with my master's degree and 27 years of experience in Fairbanks, Alaska. I work in June on a Per Diem basis and my annual salary is 125,000 per year. A lot of that goes to Uncle Sam. I also work 20-30 hours per week as a camping associate at Sportsman's Warehouse with a top salary that I can't publish without getting into trouble but I can tell you that I make about 14K on that job. My wife is an artist and runs a gift shop that generally makes about 10K per year. It is expensive up here and I am stacking money into savings and into commodities. I have a dividend yield 501 K that is low six figures that is heavily leaning towards energy stocks. I have a paid off pickup and a suv. I am still paying on the mortgage but I abide.