SL salary ?

Well simple mind question... but have you an idea of the average salary that an employee can claim in world ?

Depends?

If you are doing something hefty, like running a full on business, I don't know, but I've seen figures of most people maybe pulling in a couple grand a week, if that. If we're talking in lindens, the average dancer/security moron/typical job probably pulls in a couple hundred L a job?

First I don't know much about the job economy so someone else will jump in and set us straight if I am hugely off base here.

Probably depends on how much the employee does. If it is completely unskilled -- a shop clerk mostly there for show, etc -- I should think a "minimum wage" would be at least $L20/hr (to at least compete with the $2L/10min and more that can be made camping).

If the job involves more than mostly standing around, and involves an actual knowledge and assistance of the employers work, or a lot of "human" interaction with people. then I would think something like $L50/hr or more would be appropriate.

If it is a HIGHLY skilled work -- building, scripting, etc -- then I don't know but a lot more. $L100/hr for starters probably, and escalating up as ones talents and experience go up.

I would consider a "security guard" or average shop clerk to be more in the first group, but someone there largely to entertain/interact for the majority of time to be more in the second group.

But wait for someone who knows more on the topic -- I only popped in as I think this is an intriguing subject so I am mostly just curious myself.

well may be for kind of works as ...

dj, dancers, greeter, manager, representative, builder, scripter... designer, models..

If you have building, scripting or design talent, there's no reason to use those skills under the employ of someone else. Run your own business. The other occupations vary, but none of them are going to be all that lucrative. Pennies compared to the potential benefits of running your own successful business.

I hope you are off-base Brash, because if that really is the state of affairs these days (and it might be, because I don't login much anymore), I'm pretty disturbed.

To summarise your thoughts....
$L20 p/h for standing in a store all day.
$L50 p/h if it requires interaction.
$L100 p/h for highly skilled work (for starters or nay).

Those rates are so very poor. I'd go so far as saying people must be crazy to work for such a pittance (even by SL's standards). I remember getting $L500 for twenty minutes building work just a couple of weeks after I joined SL. There was no set salary for my first scripting job. The guy who bought the island just kept throwing a couple of thousand $Ls at me and saying "do this"...another couple of thousand $Ls..."do that". A few minutes work for each script.

How do I contact this fellow?

i recently paid a guy $2500L for a script that probably only took him 15 minutes to put together.

but.. it's LINDENS! who cares? it's just for fun! can't 'really' make a living in SL. can you?

DJ - Tips- if your real good 100-200L per hour
Dancer(stripper)- all tips - when it was good (less clubs) a good stripper no escorting made 1000-4000L an hour ( I have 2 that did it regularly)
host - tips 100L hour

I have a club I have offered host positions with no takers 500L an event 2 hours - no takers.

I pay Live musicians as I am one my self 1000L for a hour set, some balk at that but hey im providing the venue and I have seen tips in excess of 10,000L for an hour. (i've made 4500L in tips in an hour and depending on the night most will break 3000L + there 1000L pay.
Open mic (ing) I pay the people that come play about 500L in tips from me for a 20-30 minute set.

as A dj I would make only tips...and that depends on how good you are and if you can do request fast. but I never did get paid by any club owner more than a few 100L for a couple hours work.

never looked into doing any retail work, i think that stuff like that is un needed. its skills, like scripting, teraforming, building, managing , and then entertainment weather adult or not that pay.

is there really people paying to stand around a store and help customers?? i mean how hard is it to click a texture or vendor?

There were actually helpers at a shop I went to a few days ago, but when I had a question I wound up IMing the shop owner instead anyways. Wanted to know if a hair had been retired and I didn't think the shop girls would know.

They'd probably be pretty good for getting boxes off the heads of noobs in your shop if you cater to that audience and helping newer folks with learning to adjust hair/skirts/shoes/scripts/etc.

All depends on how much user smarts your product requires. I went into an AO shop and despite the detailed instructions I was still baffled about half the things the super big one was supposed to do (too much techno babble) and the shop owner lost a multi thousand linden sale when I said "screw it" and just bought the 150$L poser with less than a paragraph of instructions (drag, drop, wear, hit buttons.) instead of the all in one that I was pretty certain I'd never figure out how to use. If there had been a warm body there to explain the differences and dumb it down for me, I'd probably have just bought the big one since I was looking to burn cash anyways. (It was my birthday)

If, however, you've got a shop full of hard to screw up stuff, not really necessary.

Private escorts used to earn a lot more - but nowadays with SL being so populated and so many escorts availbale the hourly "takings" are low. Maybe more people can discuss this. I once helped an avatar who had a brush stuck to his hand that he had taken as a freebie immediately on coming in. He thought his brush assigned him a job immediately. I told him to start sweeping SL. Then I had pity on him and showed him how to remove it.

Depends what you call a living.

Absolutely! I find my staff is invaluable for good customer service. Granted the majority of the visitors simply ask where a certain type of item is located, but having them there to greet the visitors, answer questions about the products and to eject those who merely visit to harass others is wonderful.

And it's a positive experience for newer residents who don't know how to get the box off of their head

As for what the staff is paid, it's far more than L$20/hr and benefits include free clothing and hair including their picks of newly released items and bonuses such as gifts of jewelry for a job well done. I can only speak for myself...I don't know what other businesses pay their staff.

And sure you can make a living in SL if it's what you love to do and willing to put forth the time and effort

~Ari

most of readers are agree with these average salary ?

I think most seemed to say my "guestimate" numbers were ... way too low.

You'd be surprised at some of the cash flow out of SL. I know a couple of people who make their living in SL alone, and quite a few others that make substantially more than play money :^). Want a clue? Just go into search/classifieds/shopping. Type in some obvious keywords, and see what the top ads are paying a week just for advertising.

i'm glad i'm just a casual creator and store owner.

i'm proving to be a much better shopper.

You are an important part of the SL economics

~Ari

.. just like the Mouse is an important member of the Food Chain.

I mean, Circle Of Life.

^_^

(patters off on little mousie feet to nibble some cheese and decide what to buy next ...)

it's always nice to feel important.... at any capacity.

L$7000/hour.

No? Nice quiet night again

Seen Scripters charge up to 1500L hour or jobs for that much.
I know a builder who charges 15000 usd and he gets it..
I seen high charges for someone to make a movie up to 60 usd a hour to 15 min unedited for 2000L
There is supposively this very skilled texture artist who gets 300L per texture, but most sell theres for 25L or less
There are people who charge lot for land not sure if they get it.