People who are underpaid and overpaid - add your own!

[Brian Kent]

People who are underpaid:

The people who make commodes and sell them at a price where they can be boxed, shipped, distributed and sold at a profit for $98 at Home Depot. (If I made a ceramic commode I would want to sell it for at least $1,200.)

The guy who stands at the end of the aisle at Home Depot and asks, "How's your air conditioning?"

The person who convinced "Gorilla Glue" to start selling regular old woodworker's glue when everybody found out that the Original Expanding Gorilla Drip doesn't hold one bit better.


People who are overpaid:

The people at Coca Cola who make a plastic bottle and fill it with water so it tastes like the plastic bottle and sell it for $1.78 at Home Depot.

The person who put too many green skittles in my bag.

[Jerry Thompson]

But, we don't have to buy the products.

[glenn bradley]

People who are underpaid and overpaid

Underpaid:
A lot of people at my work.

Overpaid:
The rest of the people at my work ;-)

[Moses Yoder]

The guy who routes the bevel on the inside of wood lattice panels is underpaid. Anyone who gets paid to play a game or is in any way paid for their association with a game is overpaid. Anyone who has enough money to buy something they don't need is overpaid.

[Mike Cutler]

Anybody that receives a W2 at the end of the year, or owes taxes on their income, is underpaid.

I don't believe in the concept of being overpaid. It's not possible.

[David Ragan]

Overpaid-people who run socialist/communist regimes
underpaid-Parents

[Bill Orbine]

underpaid: me
overpaid: everyone else

[Mark Blatter]

Many will disagree with me on my first item but;

Over paid - any one that plays sports for a living or that coach those paid athletes, all national politicians, 98% of all lawyers, all insurance execs, the list is really long, and some days me.

Under paid - All those that put their life on the line in any way (the men & women of the armed forces, fire fighters, most cops, etc.), nurses, some days me.

[Erik Loza]

....Under paid - All those that put their life on the line in any way (the men & women of the armed forces, fire fighters, most cops, etc.), nurses...

Agreed and would add perhaps the most underpaid of all here in the US: School teachers.

Erik

[Wade Lippman]

Pay is determined by the intersection of supply of people with that ability, and demand by society for people with that talent.
It might seem that paying a baseball player $10,000,000 to play a game is absurd, but there are very few people who can do it, and he apparently produces revenue to his employer of much more than that; so it is fair pay.
OTOH you couldn't pay me enough to deliberately go into a burning building, but enough people want to do it, so that you don't have to pay all that much to attract qualified applicants; accordingly, it is fair pay.

There are a few exceptions where the government interferes to distort the playing field, but on the whole the system works.

My older son just applied to be the manager of a dog rescue, and my younger son wants to teach social studies. Go figure.

[Julie Moriarty]

Overpaid: Most CEOs and upper management
Underpaid: Those working for the above who aren't paid what they are worth because the above are in some kind of weird competition to become as rich as possible.

Overpaid: Road crew workers who lean on their shovels all day.
Underpaid: Road crew workers who use their shovels all day.

Underpaid: Electricians who work hot.
Overpaid: The foreman who told them to work it hot.

[David Ragan]

Agreed and would add perhaps the most underpaid of all here in the US: School teachers.

Erik

Absolutely the most valid point on so many levels.

[Frederick Skelly]

Overpaid:
* Some University administrators. Want a shock? Go look at what some of these folks make and some of the perks that go with it. And those of you with college age kids are paying for it.
* Some people who run charities, but aren't as dedicated to 'the mission' as they ought to be. Happens in large and small charities. Some of the things that charities spend donated money and grants on curls my hair.

Underpaid (my list mirrors some of yours)
* Active duty servicemen and women. And don't forget the Coast Guard here.
* Firemen (Will you ever forget the images of FDNY bravely going UP the stairs of the WTC while everyone else was desparately trying to get DOWN them?)
* Police that work on the street
* Teachers that truly care and try their best every day

[Curt Harms]

Overpaid: Most television and movie performers. There's a local weather woman (she does have a meteorology degree) reported to make $600,000/year. Her skill set is not THAT unique. I can't speak for other areas but around here (Philly burbs) the teachers are pretty well paid, I think the median is around $60,000 or better with an above-average retirement plan. Of course in urban areas body armor and hazardous duty pay ought to be included.

Underpaid: I agree with most of the lists above.

[Phil Thien]

Overpaid: Most television and movie performers. There's a local weather woman (she does have a meteorology degree) reputed to make $600,000/year. Her skill set is not THAT unique. I can't speak for other areas but around here (Philly burbs) the teachers are pretty well paid, I think the median is around $60,000 or better with an above-average retirement plan. Of course in urban areas body armor and hazardous duty pay ought to be included.

Underpaid: I agree with most of the lists above.

It is unlikely any local TV weather personalities make anywhere near that. They're actually paid rather modestly, around $75 to $85k/year.

That is because there are limited positions and lots of people that want them.