The Poor Soldier

[always_learning]

well as for the family income i was saying that the median may be lower because most households have 2 income earners in the family and a military life can drastically affect that in a negative way.

I was just saying that it would be good to be more in line to other agencies such as the CBSA who make 70k in far less years to get to become a CPL in the CF  and RCMP that go to 85k after 3 years. they also get to make more in overtime.  I'm thinking there should be at least more incentive ranks for CPLs to keep them around and keep the skills that they have. 

as for PLD lol . you know that has not been updated in years and places like cold like have ever increasing cost of living. 

and just found something interesting.  this is after tax income.  the median after tax income for a family was 78k in 2010

http://www.statcan.gc.ca/tables-tableaux/sum-som/l01/cst01/famil21a-eng.htm

 

[dapaterson]

So, a Cpl individually making more than 70% of Canadians is not enough?

 

[always_learning]

So, a Cpl individually making more than 70% of Canadians is not enough?

just made an edit to my last post but this says median family income after tax in 2010 was 78k.

http://www.statcan.gc.ca/tables-tableaux/sum-som/l01/cst01/famil21a-eng.htm

CPLs do not make more than an average canadian.

 

[McG]

Median family income in Canada, 2012: $74540 (http://www.statcan.gc.ca/tables-tableaux/sum-som/l01/cst01/famil108a-eng.htm)

Is a better comparison the median employment income of persons not in census families ($ 28,590 in 2012)?
http://www5.statcan.gc.ca/cansim/a26?lang=eng&retrLang=eng&id=1110009&paSer=&pattern=&stByVal=1&p1=1&p2=37&tabMode=dataTable&csid=

Either way, if I were to make comparisons then I would like to know the variance or to see the distribution curve.

 

[always_learning]

is that from all single income earners even ones that work part time? think if we go with full time workers the number is higher and of course it will vary by age.  if you are making 60k at 25 its good but if you are making 66k at 35 which is a sgts pay its far below the salary of others in that age group. 

 

[RedcapCrusader]

is that from all single income earners even ones that work part time? think if we go with full time workers the number is higher and of course it will vary by age.  if you are making 60k at 25 its good but if you are making 66k at 35 which is a sgts pay its far below the salary of others in that age group.

60k after 4 years or even 66k after 6(ish) is pretty decent compared to average time span of adults entering the workforce (starting from 18) out of high school. Even out of college, does not put people any further ahead and actually makes their time to 60k much longer; and that's average. The benefits too are much better than anyone in the private sector. Even my package from AUPE is not as good as a RegF soldier whom comparatively makes less money than I do after deductions, for obvious reasons.

 

[brihard]

well as for the family income i was saying that the median may be lower because most households have 2 income earners in the family and a military life can drastically affect that in a negative way.

I was just saying that it would be good to be more in line to other agencies such as the CBSA who make 70k in far less years to get to become a CPL in the CF  and RCMP that go to 85k after 3 years. they also get to make more in overtime.  I'm thinking there should be at least more incentive ranks for CPLs to keep them around and keep the skills that they have. 

as for PLD lol . you know that has not been updated in years and places like cold like have ever increasing cost of living. 

and just found something interesting.  this is after tax income.  the median after tax income for a family was 78k in 2010

http://www.statcan.gc.ca/tables-tableaux/sum-som/l01/cst01/famil21a-eng.htm

Out of curiosity, why would you pick experienced RCMP or CBSA officers as appropriate comparisons to a CF corporal who isn't pulling spec pay? What's behind your deeming the jobs to be roughly equivalent? What's your understanding of the relative duties and responsibilities of a police officer or border guard compared to, say, a Cpl in the infantry, or traffic tech, or sup tech, or RMS clerk? Seems a bit of an apples/oranges...

 

[George Wallace]

always_learning

Would it be possible for you to 'learn' how to use the "Shift Key" when you type your messages.  It will make your posts much easier to read. 

We do stress the proper use of the English language in the written form here; so the proper use of capitalization, punctuation, etc. would make your posts more 'intelligent' in their appearance and more likely to illicit an intelligent and informative response.


George
army.ca Staff