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Receipts for the modern workplace. Free calculators, public wage data, and a running tally of office misery. Not a wellness brand — an exit strategy.
Floor Sanders and Finishers: $50,440 median, $70,340 at the top 10%. Straight from the BLS — no "competitive salary," no vibes. → #econsky
Floor Sanders and Finishers — median salary (US)
$50,440 median · top 10% near $70,340 · BLS OEWS 2025
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Surveyors: $75,440 median, $125,590 at the top 10%. Straight from the BLS — no "competitive salary," no vibes. → #econsky
Surveyors — median salary (US)
$75,440 median · top 10% near $125,590 · BLS OEWS 2025
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Bakers earn a median $37,160 a year. The top 10% clear $49,020. Your manager already knows this number. Now you do. → #econsky
Bakers — median salary (US)
$37,160 median · top 10% near $49,020 · BLS OEWS 2025
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Costume Attendants earn a median $50,400 a year. The top 10% clear $109,520. Your manager already knows this number. Now you do. →
Costume Attendants — median salary (US)
$50,400 median · top 10% near $109,520 · BLS OEWS 2025
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We mapped where this is worst → https://officeblues.net/burnout-index
Dr. Genevieve Eastabrook, MD FRCSC (she/her)@placentadoc.bsky.social · 5d agoEmergency physician burnout and attrition in Canada: a longitudinal study “Emergency physician burnout remains high, with almost half of respondents having reduced their work hours, and 10% having left the profession”
Mechanical Drafters: $71,550 median, $106,580 at the top 10%. Straight from the BLS — no "competitive salary," no vibes. →
Mechanical Drafters — median salary (US)
$71,550 median · top 10% near $106,580 · BLS OEWS 2025
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Dietetic Technicians earn a median $37,640 a year. The top 10% clear $54,020. Your manager already knows this number. Now you do. →
Dietetic Technicians — median salary (US)
$37,640 median · top 10% near $54,020 · BLS OEWS 2025
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Receipts, not vibes — the data → https://officeblues.net/data
The Tyee@thetyee.ca · 6d agoMore than 200 years ago, agriculturalists and workers used the phrase “burnt out” to describe fertilizer kilns, fuel, matches, fires and the consequences of excessive work. Nathan TeBokkel writes. thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
Conveyor Operators and Tenders earn a median $42,420 a year. The top 10% clear $59,470. Your manager already knows this number. Now you do. →
Conveyor Operators and Tenders — median salary (US)
$42,420 median · top 10% near $59,470 · BLS OEWS 2025
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Labor Relations Specialists: $95,420 median, $156,180 at the top 10%. Straight from the BLS — no "competitive salary," no vibes. →
Labor Relations Specialists — median salary (US)
$95,420 median · top 10% near $156,180 · BLS OEWS 2025
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Web and Digital Interface Designers earn a median $104,000 a year. The top 10% clear $201,550. Your manager already knows this number. Now you do. →
Web and Digital Interface Designers — median salary (US)
$104,000 median · top 10% near $201,550 · BLS OEWS 2025
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Financial Managers earn a median $166,570 a year. The top 10% clear $323,270. Your manager already knows this number. Now you do. →
Financial Managers — median salary (US)
$166,570 median · top 10% near $323,270 · BLS OEWS 2025
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Brokerage Clerks earn a median $65,750 a year. The top 10% clear $102,010. Your manager already knows this number. Now you do. →
Brokerage Clerks — median salary (US)
$65,750 median · top 10% near $102,010 · BLS OEWS 2025
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Database Administrators earn a median $104,620 a year. The top 10% clear $163,320. Your manager already knows this number. Now you do. →
Database Administrators — median salary (US)
$104,620 median · top 10% near $163,320 · BLS OEWS 2025
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A 30-minute standup, five people, every weekday for a year. Add it up. That's a salary you're spending to say "no blockers." We did the math. →
Meeting Tax Calculator
Your calendar is an invoice nobody reads.
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The misery is open data now. CC-BY, DOI-stamped, download the whole set. Journalists and researchers: cite the receipts, not the vibes. →
Misery Data — open dataset
DOI-stamped, CC BY. Receipts, not vibes.
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We built the calculator for exactly this → https://officeblues.net/tools/meeting-tax
Evan Hayles Gledhill@gothicbodies.bsky.social · 2w agoHigher Ed, management consultant (20s male) pulls all senior admins (majority 35+ female) in for a 'skills update' - tried to teach experts in excel macros about keyboard shortcuts, got laughed out of the room. Meeting literally ended after 5 minutes as ppl refused to have their time wasted
One question. One tap. Zero "let's circle back." We publish every result as open data — no spin. What does the room really think today? →
Office Blues Daily Poll
One tap. Open results. The whole spread.
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We mapped where this is worst → https://officeblues.net/burnout-index
Crystal A. Moore, PhD@crystalmooreed.bsky.social · 3w agoBurnout is “marked by energy depletion or exhaustion, increased mental distance or cynicism toward work, and reduced professional effectiveness. In plain terms, burnout can make you feel drained, detached, irritated, and like the work you used to handle now feels impossible.”
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Patriotic Millionaires@patrioticmillionaires.org · 3w agoThis profile the Costco cashier-turned-millionaire is exactly the kind of success story we LOVE to see. Earning $33/hour with PTO and comprehensive benefits, Tony Barzar is living proof when you pay a true living wage and actually invest in your employees, everyone wins. 💸
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Ennui’d@bradleeonbass.bsky.social · 3w agoA favorite pastime of mine is clocking the myriad ways folks try to word requests for free or underpaid labor. Oh, you need some teens looking for work? Someone trying to gain experience? You have an OPPORTUNITY?! Please do tell!
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Fight For A Union@fightforaunion.bsky.social · 3w agoWhen companies are reporting record excess profits, it means they are capturing more money from customers and choosing not to pay it to the workers who generated it. Underpaid labor is the primary source of excess profits.
Burnout isn't a "you" problem — it's a map. We ranked where the grind grinds hardest from public labor data. Your city's score might explain the Sunday dread. →
The Burnout Index
Where the grind is worst — public data, not vibes.
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