Is $100,000 tax free good enough?
Yes. Thanks.
Personally, that doesn’t seem like a lot of money for the risks one is taking, the conditions you have to live under, plus the extra working hours and sacrifice of being away from your family.
You gotta figure the guys going over are “skilled workers” so they probably would draw at least $60K here (before taxes)...and that’s probably for an 8 hour day. Add to that extra hours (say a 12 hour day) and their pay here would be at least $90K (or more if they were hourly.)
No taxes is nice, but if you have a family, and deductions and make around $100K, your “real” tax rate is probably 15 percent or less (depending on your exemptions/dependents.)
Anyhoo, just thinking out loud...seems they should get more.
70% of Contractors are Indian... They Make between $2-$4 an hour The dangerous Jobs...They Drive many of the Convoy trucks along with some Egyptians earn more but not 100k... that is for westerners only..
Tax free? I thought US soldiers had to pay taxes while serving in Iraq. What gives civvies such a perk?
$150K/YR for 52 weeks,
12 hrs/day, 7 days a week is about $34/hr or just a bit over $400/day.
I made that ($400/day) working an oil spill in Russia in ‘95. And the working conditions were a lot better. Still nasty, but at least nobody was shooting at *us*.
So, no, 150K tax free is not worth it for this old boy - not hat anyone cares.