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Originally Posted by urban1

Exactly. Even in Calgary, theres a lot of people who havent had positive affects on their income during the boom.

Police, fire, teachers, bus drivers, etc. These traditionally have been good pay jobs and now have fallen far behind in terms of income.

Then look at jobs such as janitors and unskilled labor in areas not related to oil and gas. Theres a lot of people that for whatever reason are trapped or feel trapped and stay in low paying jobs.

Somebodies got to do the shtty jobs in society and earn the minimum wage.

And not all professionals are earn $100,000 with 50% or 100% bonuses. For example, i have a few friends who are designated accountants and work in jobs where they earn 70k/yr with maybe a 10% bonus. They could double their salary tomorrow but theyre happy in their low stress jobs and dont want the change.

Everyone also talks about receptionists earning $60k+ in O&G. There may be situations like that but theres also a lot of people working in O&G who are earning "reasonable" salaries. Take a look at some recruiters websites which post salary ranges for position theyre recruiting for.

And take a look at the "ghetto" east side of the city. You think all of forest lawn, dover, marlborough is making $100k?

And there is some of the support behind increasing the royalties that O&G companies pay