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Professional DMs making $45k/year off it?
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<blockquote data-quote="Fanaelialae" data-source="post: 8299153" data-attributes="member: 53980"><p>45k isn't terrible money, but it isn't all that great when you consider that you're self employed (which means you have to pay your own taxes, including double social security because your employer is normally required to pay half) and you're not getting medical insurance (which is quite expensive). At 8-10 four hour games per week plus prep, you're probably looking at a 40+ hour work week even if you are able to reuse a lot of material. If you can't reuse much material (running West Marches or something and the groups are running in different directions) then you might be looking at 60-80 hours.</p><p></p><p>That said, if you love DMing (which many people do), there's a lot to be said for doing what you love.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fanaelialae, post: 8299153, member: 53980"] 45k isn't terrible money, but it isn't all that great when you consider that you're self employed (which means you have to pay your own taxes, including double social security because your employer is normally required to pay half) and you're not getting medical insurance (which is quite expensive). At 8-10 four hour games per week plus prep, you're probably looking at a 40+ hour work week even if you are able to reuse a lot of material. If you can't reuse much material (running West Marches or something and the groups are running in different directions) then you might be looking at 60-80 hours. That said, if you love DMing (which many people do), there's a lot to be said for doing what you love. [/QUOTE]
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