>>>>>>>>>Just curious, in US terms is this good, bad or ugly salary?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>It could be either depending where in US you live.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Thanks.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>As I said before...location.
>>>>>
>>>>>From the post:
>>>>>Location:
>>>>>Honolulu, HI
>>>>>
>>>>>Is this good money for the place?
>>>>
>>>>Jeez, it's like trying to extract blood from a stone here, eh Bhav?
>>>>
>>>>I think it's been said on Greg's thread about whether or not to take his proposed job in Hawaii (which I think may be the same as this one advertised) that Hawaii, being so remote and desirable a place to be can be very expensive. In that sense $40/hr may not be a lot. But if you were in, say, Pittsburgh, in a depressed ex-mining community, then that may get you a whole load of luxury.
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>>>Pittsburgh is arguably depressed, but it is not ex-mining, it is ex-steelmaker place. To be precise there are still some steel companies in the area, but not on 50 years ago scale.
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>>of course, yes. I meant steel.
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>I thought the steel industry was originally there because of the coal?

They usually do go hand-in-hand, as in Wales.