Low - 6 figures before 99.99% retirement last October. Transportation engineer - private sector/consulting. My company gave me a $10/hr increase to be available on-call a couple hours a week over the next year which is essentially paying our medical insurance.
Word on the street is I could have doubled my income by leaving Montana to live in some chithole big City. Likely a good career move but huge quality of life trade-off. I'd rather flip burgers here than be miserable chasing $ in my field.
Yeah....but Helena??
Lol - good point! I'm no longer tied to Helena job-wise but with kids and grandkids here, it'd be hard to move too far away (we have discussed the idea). I'm sitting in a motel in Shelby at the moment and will be ice fishing on Tiber tomorrow. I spent most of hunting season around Choteau. This part of the state could start to grow on me, but it's too fuggin windy!
