building a house for every career using REAL LIFE salaries in Sims 4: Career build series ep 2

[@DoctorAshley]

what career should we do next? 🙂

[@DreamaCorbyn1]

@@DoctorAshley counsellor

[@moneybean]

botanist 🌱

[@moonlgth_pale]

do either a lawyer or a doctor so we can get fancy and bougie

[@cadence-2]

I’d love to see one for a writer

[@mirelevance]

A freelance career or one of the part-time careers. :)

[@abellabarbie]

How can teachers earn so little and degrees and certain certifications are required? Absolutely nuts. You still managed to make it cute, though. 😂

[@lauren_sunshine]

That’s what happens when a country doesn’t value having educated citizens. It’s a real shame because teachers have to put up with so much from students, parents, school boards, politicians, etc. They deserve to make twice as much imo if not more

[@EroDhika]

absolutely agree, here even a selebgrams (someone who are famous on instagram) earn more than a teacher. the influencer too, with with the content they create that even fools their audience, these content creators earn a lot of money, while teachers who are tasked with educating the next generation actually earn lower salaries than content creators. it's so ironic, but that's the fact here in my country

[@SN-ig2ml]

​@@MarcTheGayBoithey get paid, easter Halloween, summers, and Christmas holidays off in UK so if summer holiday is 8 weeks 2 weeks at Christmas n Easter n week at Halloween they are off for 2.5 months a year so is the salary actually that bad?

[@abellabarbie]

@@SN-ig2ml they don't get paid additional money in the U.S. for those vacations, but the state rations their salary to cover those times off by shorting the paycheck each time. That is how all the teacher friends I have in Florida in both private and public school get paid.

[@MsDuchess93]

@@abellabarbieif you’re lucky. Some divisions don’t budget and you’re expected to do it yourself. That how mine is.

[@linnywines8014]

I’d love to see a vet’s house next! Preferably with as many pets as you can fit in, lol

[@karltheguy_]

this is such a creative idea i love it haha

[@lilacfields]

she just did it!

[@user-gd2gj9yd6u]

Sadly that first number for salary is pretty common. I have a few teachers in the family and they all make about 30k/year or less, even in places like San Francisco. Teachers deserve better thats for sure.

[@DoctorAshley]

That’s absolutely crazy!! Teachers deserve at least 3x that amount ☹️

[@wabeesabeez]

That was me when I was teaching. Started off at 21k and then ended at 30k per year before I stopped teaching 😭

[@user-gd2gj9yd6u]

@@wabeesabeez thanks for doing what you could while you could. You definitely deserved more, teaching even 1 person is a lot of work and often there's 20+ pupil per teacher.

[@MsDuchess93]

Yeah it takes 4 years to make that as a teacher where I am now and there are ladies nearing retirement who only make 52k. It’s beyond crazy.

[@amyharding4208]

I work for a school board and can tell you that starting teaching salary for my public school board is $65,000/yr. The median is $80,000/yr. They also only work for 179 days a year, having 186 days off. So they make about $446/day. In doing the math quickly, after a quick google search I can see that teachers in San Francisco work 178 days a year. Even if they only made $26,193, that’s still $147.15/ day. Mind you, public schools are public record and it’s easy enough to see that teacher’s salary in SF start at around $42,161.04 ($236.85/day) and top out at around $124,167 ($697.56/day)

[@ashleyh1555]

For the part time careers, it would be cool to have you build up an apartment shell, then each of the part time careers can be in a different unit. For an extra challenge, after finding out the yearly salary you could then cut it in half since it’s supposed to be part time!

[@carolinacr1884]

Omg, that's such a good idea!!!

[@Jellybeansatdusk]

Unrealistic! You need minimum two different sims with part time jobs to rent an apartment, give them each a bedroom or designated space and then they share the main areas

[@antoniacurtis8907]

You saying “we’re not that desperate” while still having to make sacrifices and not being able to get everything that you really want , sums up a teachers lifestyle perfectly 😂😂

[@TheMissjayelle]

I work in education and I'd say 40K is a pretty average salary for teachers. You did good there. And I feel like a 2 bed/2 bath home with a small office is pretty reasonable in a rural area but the average teacher isn't likely to be able to afford a house like that. But it's a cute home!

[@HopeGardner3amed]

Oh yeah, the Sims games are great to learn budgeting tricks (stick to cheap and learn to upgrade/customize stuff yourself and cook and clean yourself), but the economy is very unrealistic. Especially now

[@Lemon_Slay]

I think you should do a doctor's house!!! Maybe you could do it on the big lot? Love this series!

[@hashtagmate]

Yes!! Just please don't do dr=male and nurse=female 😂 if you make a dr's house it should be a badass female dr

[@kapsican]

​@@hashtagmate so doctor ashley? wink wink

[@StrangeStartrackerArt]

I have a fun idea for a series You could ask your subscribers to make old-looking houses with annoying layouts and the sims that live there, then you can renovate their houses with the sims' needs and interests in mind. To make it more challenging, you could have your subscribers also choose which walls are load bearing.

[@nickynicks_]

That’s a great idea, I concur!

[@FriedFreezer]

Ooooo I love this!!

[@mirelevance]

I’m in university studying to be a teacher. This is a great video concept! I would love to see a salary building video for a freelance career or for one of the part-time careers. I think that would be interesting. :)

[@Cherrylimeade0235]

Teaching depends on a lot of factors. Where you work, what degree level, and as you teach longer you make more. In my county, teachers start off at 53,000.

[@Mag-ev8ho]

She said this at 1:28

[@morganrenee2305]

most starting salaries for teachers are somewhere in the 30k realm and it takes a very long time for there to be a noticeable raise. thank you so much Ashley for giving us some representation

[@mismiserables]

Budgeting in the sims is extremely difficult, I've never built a house that was below 60,000 simoleons (I like the finer things in life lol). I'd love to see a build for one of the part time careers next, like the fast food worker. That would be interesting.

[@AnotherEmily]

Girl I am begging you not to use a generative AI to search for information. Despite it having intelligence in its name, gen AI like LLMs don’t actually know anything. It’s just using statistics to figure out from the (often stolen) sources it’s been trained on what would be the most likely words/numbers will come next. While often does give good answers, but good grief does it sometimes spit out absolute rubbish. My university students used a lot of it for their final projects (I wasn’t aware until I started reading their work) and the amount of points I had to deduct for information that was completely wrong or made up was astonishing

[@DoctorAshley]

I completely agree! I cannot believe university students would rely on AI to source info. Wikipedia wasn’t even considered a reliable source when I was in uni let alone ChatGPT 😂 For the sake of this video it simply illustrated/confirmed the large range of salary figures I found during my initial research, so I decided to include it to push forward the premise of the video.

[@hashtagmate]

Ok but this isn't university and ashley is not your student 🥴 I get that you're traumatized by that though 😂

[@AnotherEmily]

@@hashtagmate idk I just think that people should be able to get a correct answer when they ask a question regardless of the setting they ask it in 🤷‍♀️ I do understand Ashley’s decision here, but I also know that a lot of people don’t actually know what a LLM does and seeing it used as a search engine will encourage use of it for that purpose. They are working on a search engine variety of chatGPT, but that isn’t here yet.

[@angelinalionetta685]

Thank you for saying something! I actively cringed. The fact of the matter is that if chat GPT doesn’t know the answer it makes something up & doesn’t tell the user that it has done so….such a garbage technology.

[@KaleyRuff-sh2gs]

I have profs that make us use it😭🤣 and show us how we can use it as a first draft principal. Matter of fact one showed us how to make lesson plans with it. Not saying that’s it’s credible but it can be used in ways to help with the overall writing of things. I guess a lot of my professors see that it can be useful tool if used correctly. And that students are going to use it matter what. So they would rather show us the right way to use it.

[@Grace-pd5lu]

I love how much thought and attention to detail you have, like the idea of having a "scholar" background for a zoom meeting, like I never think of things like that, its so refreshing ~~

[@LizWhite.]

I would love to see a nurse or veterinarian home☺️

[@kapsican]

yess with lots of pets!

[@LoveLynleigh]

I wish there was a small half-bath on the main floor. I live your series! Gorgeous homes and styling.

[@LoveLynleigh]

Actually swapping the office upstairs and a bathroom downstairs would work too. No extra expense really. 😊

[@Raven62]

Why not use the debug catalog for the flowers/garden as they tend to add up the budget? Also, there are some great clutter items too for decorating the inside. You could really budget the cost.

[@kapsican]

I think the whole idea is to make it a challenge, making something liveable but still cute within the budget with no cheats. but if you're building just for fun this is definitely a great tip!

[@ryllashantell4919]

What a cute house! I think you should include at the start picking up things/essentials you think that career would need so that it is already removed from the budget and you won't worry about not gettting them later :)

[@maroulakii]

just wanted to say i love watching your videos as someone who cannot afford a good laptop or pc to run the sims, and also cant afford all those expansion packs 😭 i appreciate your efforts so much and i watch your videos to relax and sleep at night ❤

[@SCUMMY4205]

So my grandma worked at a pre school and earned about $25k a year. Worked her way into teaching early childhood education at a community college and was making about 55-60k a year doing that. My mom was a professor at a university and she made $80k a year doing that and by the time she retired she was making $150k a year. So it truly depends on what your doing, where you live, where you work, etc. It seems kind of random honestly. All teachers should be making at least 70k a year or more. They do so much and it's mostly a thankless job. Besides your students at least.

[@seadragonpirate8195]

$25k a year is so low for people who do so much

[@Napptrully_Beautiful]

I know youve done 2 episodes already but I think it would be fun if you incorporate the unlockable rewards from the careers into the builds (and it doesnt take away from the budget)... Im sure viewers wouldn't mind you going back to the others and adding them 😊

[@Sable1991]

she almost used the counters from the chef career in the first episode but they didnt match the design she wanted.

[@alwaysjale]

24:32 definitely looks more expensive than it was

[@PrissyGaming]

I was making $31,000 my first year teaching-roughly $26,000 take home pay-and that was the highest paying district in the state. I think a way to make this challenge more realistic would be to take out other expenses like insurance, groceries, etc. But as it stands, I do think this is an easier way to do this challenge.

[@emily7rose]

hi, i’m a future teacher and tbh i’d live in this house in a heart beat but i’d add a couple pet things, and if possible an extra office/desk for the husband. i love this series! you should do a lawyer, a custodial worker, or a garbage service worker next!

[@deainyt]

This series is very creative, i hope you will be active often again, i love the way you decorate🥹 thank you for the efforts!

[@ashleygranger5555]

I’m not a Teacher but I am Married to one. It typically ranges based on state and district you are teaching in. also, it typically scales based on years of service and you can also be bumped up on the scale if they attain any additional education (such as finishing a Master Degree in there content area). In my state 50,000 is the starting pay for teachers. Private and Public schools will also affect the pay range.

[@Jay_and_Meeka]

Oh man there are so many factors that influence teacher salary. First thing is obviously where you're teaching. I'm in Ontario, and the pay scale can vary depending on what post secondary education you have. If you have your masters, you're automatically placed in the top A4 factor pay scale. I started around 70k. It also depends on how long you've been teaching. For up to ten years, your salary increases by 1 to 2 percent each school year. ALSO. The grade you teach does matter, but only to a certain extent. Elementary (k-8) are all on the same pay scale, but secondary is on another as far as I'm aware. So it honestly really depends!

[@kimosumiko]

how do you always manage to make such beautiful budget builds? you're so skilled, this build is gorgeous!

[@bellatrixm98schannel99]

First! ♥️😊 Petition to do one for a professional horse rider

[@DoctorAshley]

Free noodles for first place 🍜❤️

[@seadragonpirate8195]

This would be cool to see

[@Jvandeputte]

A painter career sounds fun! A little abstract/ outside the box vibe 😁

[@GWN.MARIEEEE]

OML yesssss😝

[@mindlesslyhannah]

I really enjoyed this video! I enjoyed the “theme” of the challenge with choosing a career as budget and inspirations for the build! I also really like your style. This is my first time watching one of your videos and I’m an instant subscribe! I think you are the creator who styles the closest to how I like to. It’s nice to see for inspiration and tips! I love seeing what items others frequent!

[@kennedyadkins4173]

impressed as always with your work!! just blown away by your eye for color & ability to make homes look realistic and luxe at the same time :') tysm for acknowledging the ridiculous tv pricing omg, they really should update those to match what's current!! idk why they're stubbornly sticking with like 2004 prices lol

[@allyson2382]

My mom has been teaching for 20+ years and makes around 75k. PAY TEACHERS MORE!!

[@tracys169]

I'm not even a subscriber but I ended up recommended this and it's actually really interesting challenge. You did well despite having to keep to a budget.

[@DoctorAshley]

thank you so much!

[@kayceeteppo5649]

Google was correct. Teachers really don’t make a lot of money in most places. Where I live an assistant manager at a fast food restaurant makes more than a teacher who’s been teaching for 5+ years.

[@Atayrmy]

Ashley, You should use debug! It helps a lot especially for plants and would help with the budget! Also you should try a military job of sorts!

[@justin_makesfilms]

ur videos are so calming 🙂

[@xoxjanjounxox]

I live in Quebec Canada. Step 12 (which is about 10 years after gratuating). My salary is now about 80 000.

[@andyandbee]

I *love* these series builds that you’re doing! It’s genuinely such a great idea 💡 ❤ 👍

[@G-GGagames]

I LOVE THE DECORATION!!! Beautiful ♥️😍😍😍😍😍😍

[@kaitlynjrox101]

As a teacher it’s a combination of a certain percentage above the standard cost of living in your area plus the tax funding for the district/state you’re in. It also increases a percentage for each year of service as an incentive. It’s pretty inconsistent honestly 😅😂

[@stacie1595]

Love the exterior of this house (and the interior too!) If only i could actually afford something like this with a teachers salary. Even when you get paid over 50,000k a year, your first couple of years are spent paying off loans and living with roommates.

[@michellepinson7456]

The funniest part was imagining the teacher was helping her kid with homework, expecting the best grades, & teaching them chess early. I don’t have time after all my work for my students to help my kids 😭 I also have way more empathy for any learning struggles or differences.

[@kaisla_onerva]

I LOVE this series! I recommend that you should build a lawyers home next❤️

[@jasminepowell941]

You build so effortlessly! It's so satisfying. I gotta step up my sim build game!💛

[@DoctorAshley]

Thank you!! 😊

[@JordanSmith-ub6vz]

A-List celebrity..mansion or multi story penthouse, partial snob, but is also a minimalist

[@MissPumpkin91]

Thank you for picking my request! I would definetly love to live in this house

[@jessicajessicavarano8456]

I love this series so much, you should do a vet’s house next 💕💕🫶🏻

[@janniegurl05]

Love it! And you didn’t use debug either to stay in budget. Great job!

[@lizatanggw2967]

What a nice house!❤❤ I really have fun watching this and thrilled every time the budget is running low 😂

[@lindseydejesus1877]

i love this one! the vibes are so cute and cozy

[@alwaysjale]

I’ve been stalking your channel eagerly for the next episode ❤ Let’s go 🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@Riddlebox13]

As a teacher, I literally CACKLED when you said 2 stories 😂

[@bernster123]

Love this series and your design choices.

[@DreamPathStudios]

ouuu, Lawyer!! Im obsessed with academia style builds but, up to you hun.

[@hashtagmate]

I love this new series so much 🥹

[@BrittanyySierraa]

Am I the only one who was watching her use the 200 simoleon kitchen counters and then say where'd the budget go? Choose cheaper counters, Doctor Ashley! That will work better in the long run. That or maybe include an additional 10k just for the exterior and landscaping so that you have a fair amount to use for your interior. I love this series so far but it truly shows just how little we make in the real world. Next career suggestion is a Doctor.

[@fionawu6785]

love this series

[@Itssooupy]

Public school teachers can improve their salaries by getting a masters degree in Canada, they may make more if they are the head/director of their faculty too. I believe you are paid more as a highschool teacher as opposed to elementary, and maybe more for special ed/gifted classes. Principles or admin usually also have higher salaries, and private schools also pay more.

[@jasmintkalac1387]

I found your channel today and watched some of your videos and I’m so happy that I found your channel love you and your videos ❤❤

[@CharlieMonroeX]

Loving this series. Personally I think that you should be able to use debug trees because trees (especially if they are older ones) are already there on the land. Just a thought. ❤

[@MyMelody5]

You did such an awesome job for such a small budget!! Can you do writer but build an apartment kinda like Carrie Bradshaw from SATC?

[@Joyce-vf4bx]

Your voice is so calming❤❤

[@FireNation12x]

I’m a big fan of your KZbin channel and I love your videos and can you please do the acting career in your next video. 2:03

[@kiaraapetite_]

we need more of this series. i just found your channel 😊🙏🏻

[@Unknown2Yoo]

Salaries are gonna vary widely from state to state and then even more for primary, secondary, and tertiary education. Confusion is natural 😆 It would've been so perfect in the kid's room to have a little basketball hoop on the back of the door to go with the carpet! Totally could see a kid doing that. This is a really cute design!

[@qianyang5426]

Ahhhhhh never been this early before! My grandpa was a teacher and he passed away a year ago. He was the kindest person in the whole world and I love him so much ❤

[@mharford27]

This house is so cute! please post it in the gallery :)

[@mgooding8]

I’d love to see an actor career next!

[@sammorris4722]

I was waiting for there to be a fruit bowl in the kitchen for the teacher to store all her apples 😂

[@kkarinalew8071]

I just started the series, but I think it would kinda be cool for you to do 3 builds for each career, level 1, level 5 and level 10. So that would be entry, mid, and very experienced in real life working terms. I think it would be cool to kinda see that progression. I know it would be more work and time, but I think it could be cool

[@GloriaCotto]

A doctor's, police, or artist for the next episodes. love your builds gives me inspiration. Thanks

[@ecstaticrop2611]

Omg Ash I'm Loving this series ❤👌

[@gloomerang1]

I’m a new subscriber thanks to this series, I love the entire concept!! I don’t think I’ve seen anyone mention this career yet, but what if we built a house for a journalist ?

[@JustPassingBy_Yolo]

I think the office should had been upstairs and a bathroom is needed downstairs, but overall you did great. Very cute.

[@Mel-o4w]

I'd love to see an artist/painter's house or a bookworm's house :D I think it's gonna look good with a touch of personalities as artist/bookworm usually are creatives

[@MakedaSandford]

So cute 😊 looks like my teacher aunt’s home. I’d love to see a wedding photographer or architect

[@LunarsimmerYT]

I am really enjoying this series!

[@DoctorAshley]

Yay I’m so glad!! :)

[@raaachelsuzanne]

The salary really depends on your state & district (not really your grade level), but many teachers have to get second weekend jobs/summer jobs to help pay for bills - especially in big cities

[@debradavis3935]

So, so cute!!! How about a high level scientist with 3 teenagers? ❤❤❤

[@Yokothijs]

Hi Ashley I love Ur video’s ❤❤❤ Can the next house be for a gamer pls

[@DreamaCorbyn1]

Amazing video also I have an idea for you. Alphabet lots every house is a difference characters A-Z.

[@manedelcastillo8317]

She has a whole playlist of a-z! She did it a couple months ago 😊

[@DreamaCorbyn1]

@@manedelcastillo8317 I know I seen that aesthetics one 7 timed well 8 counting today. I mean A-z builds based of characters eg Ariel, Belle, cinderella, daffy duck etc.

[@TheStylelike16th]

This was amazing!!! I am itching to play the Sims now. Very cool.

[@DoctorAshley]

@@TheStylelike16th thank u so much ☺️

[@zeducator99]

US teacher here! Most districts have set pay scales based on what type of degree you have and how long you've been teaching. Your salary won't depend on your subject or grade levels, with a few exceptions. For example, special ed teachers get paid more in most districts.

[@erikarose740]

could be helpful to look at the bureau of labor statistics for salary ranges if you’re ever struggling to find consistent numbers for any careers :)

[@briaredding5669]

Love this series. Keep it going!

[@DoctorAshley]

Ok :))

[@alwaysjale]

I love the son’s room

[@Itskryztal]

Gorgeous build! 💚

[@YeniseR]

Random challenge idea. You should look up prices of items and try to match it w the sims. Ex. A couch on ikea is 400 find a couch that's 400 or around it

[@onlyintheory9552]

Love this idea for a series! How about a career as a KZbinr?

[@erikabennett7137]

I taught in Germany and made 24k a year. I moved to AZ and made 21k a year and then TX for 24k a year. Yes, teachers aren't paid anything. Most of what I made went back into supplying my classroom because there was no money for teachers for supplies. It was all out of pocket.

[@lucymacchiato1064]

I was about to say - 40k would be a dream for a teacher to earn in a year in Germany 😅 especially in rural areas

[@Icabokika]

I was actually surprised how the build was done. For the teacher career, I was thinking kind of make it a home school facility. In home classroom, would have been interesting take. But great job though

[@carlmangwitoh7837]

My only nitpick is the lack of a storage closet / laundry room for the washing machine, storing the cleaning stuff and vacuum cleaner, etc. Otherwise, it slays!

[@seadragonpirate8195]

Very cute home ❤ Also i didn't know i could practice debate on a mirror, i always bought the weird computer and thought it was the only way to raise the skill 💀

[@Crisalpha]

In my country teacher salaries are pretty low but they also vary wildly. That's because a teacher can pick up a number of hours, from as little as 8 per week. there's also several "ranks" a teacher can have (they have to pass them, usually also includes an inspection of a class). Also varies whether or not you're a teacher for primary school or university and so on.

[@CharteredbyNaomi]

An Accountant please 💗

[@juubantai]

Public school teachers make between 30k-60k, 30k being closer for rural communities and/or earlier year teachers while the latter is for bigger cities and more seasoned teachers. Charter schools pay more, starting at 50k-70k, seasoned teachers making upwards of 80k for charters. This is for where I am at so do not quote me state to state. I am also basing this off my own personal salaries I have had.

[@laurenbennett6644]

omg please please please release a save file with all your AMAZING builds!!

[@akacreamette]

love it! A nurse home. unfortunately, there is a wide yearly wage depending on the kind of work. I would say be more conservative at $60k. Thanks