Pay after Taxes

Hey! I was just wondering if anyone from last year after looking at their pay, could give me a general idea of how much you made per hour AFTER taxes were taken out?

hey im a reservations clerk, and this is my second year, becuase we make 15 cent extra above the minimum wage we got a little more, so a check every two weeks would be between $460 and $510 but we got a 15 cent raise this year, so we would be making a little more, they take out for housing and taxes, which is about $140 every two weeks, which is not that bad

Thanks for responding :)
So just to make sure
the 460-510 every two weeks was after they took everything out for housing and taxes?

yes, I was a sweep and made roughly $500 per paycheck, and after factoring out housing (I lived in commons, so $35 a week) and taxes and wardrobe (which will be much more for your first paycheck) then I made about $5.10 an hour. But since there is a raise, well I guess I'll be making slightly more.

One time last summer I had a check that was $723 as a ride host

It all depends on how many hours you are willing to work. The more you work the more you make obviously. It's not uncommon for a ride host to have a large paycheck after working a few O-C's.

Forget about what your check is after taxes. What is more important is what it is after Louie's. You can make some money while working at the Point so long as you are careful about your spending.

^ I actually don't drink haha.
Thanks everyone for your responses, my biggest concern with coming to CP is making enough to come home with 2000+ by the end of the summer, which if i budget to a certain amount every week I'm pretty sure I can. I just wanted to get input on how much your checks typically were after everything.

You don't drink now, but as many people have learned, working at CP can change that. ;)

^Haha it's not changing ;)
But if you all want to start a game with a point system of who can get me in the closest vicinity, go for it hahaha

oh yea i forgot about louisz,lol, instead of $140, lets say almost $175,lol

Last year I saw 3 $1000+ checks. I worked 2 weeks straight O-C's and if anyone knows me from last year, you know that my body shut down hardcore and I got really sick for a week and supervision sent me home a lot to get better! I worked on Antique Cars.

can you request to work open to close as a ride host or do you just get what you are given ?

It is a shame that the amusement parks can get away with working employees shifts that are that long. I'm not sure I want my safety to rest in the hands of a young person who is on the 5th day of open to close shifts.

There is a reason truckers have to get off the roads for rest. People operating machinery (which is what most of those rides are) should have similar mandates to protect the public.

As I said before, and apparently will say again... I worked Antique Cars which is a ground ride that doesnt require us to press buttons. And I was fine while working, always smiling bubbly and energetic! That's just who I am. But when I got my day off, everything caught up with me. And as I said yet again, my supervisors made sure I went home when I wasn't my best and made sure I took care of myself. So the company did everything they were supposed to. So they aren't getting away with anything. I simply am a workaholic and dependable. People call off or are sick all the time and I am always happy to fill in where I am trained! We get very adequate breaks as well.

I know how it works. I've been there. Just because somebody WANTS to work O-C that doesn't mean the company should allow it to happen. I'm not even sure someone in a clerical position should work those types of extended shifts. While guest safety may not play a role you certainly create opportunities for errors to be made.

As I said, I've been there both as a seasonal employee who wanted the money and as a full time manager who needed to fill the shifts. There are people who CAN do it...I'm just not sure they should.

So u would have a problem with fireman police officers and doctors who all have to work days at a time? Because we who work on rides still get 8 hours if sleep if we choose to do so... Doctors police officers and firemen are always on call with very little sleep. Do u not trust them because in that case i hope u never need any of those people... They may mess u up

Most of the firemen I know work 24 hours on duty and then have 72 hours off. And, while they are working those 24 hours their call volume largely dicates how much sleep they get. In most communities, they aren't "working" the entire 24 hours or even a significant percentage of those 24 hours.

Pilots, truckers are good examples of those who "operate machinery" and are federally mandated to rest. Now, if a park sweep is working O-C I'm less inclined to have a problem with it. I still don't think it is good for the employee...but the sweep isn't likely going to be endangering guests.

When I worked at Geauga Lake there were two separate, late in the evening accidents on one of the roller coasters and in hindsight I bet fatigue of the employees was a factor. When I worked at Cedar Point one of my employees fell asleep at the wheel on the way to work and was killed. I'm a little sensitive about this, to be sure, but I think some common sense should enter the equation at some point.

Ok, I'm ganna say this and it'll drop any further argument hahaha, can't we all just get along :P

All Smiles, basically I applaud you for working O-C's, I'm really looking forward to these this summer to get a good paycheck & have a bit of money to start with my winter semester at college, so after seeing this, I reeeeaaallly want these :P. I'm rooming with Cody S. this year, & you're working with him, you sound pretty awesome so I hope I get to see you this year on point :)

As for Wahoo, Antique cars is about as safe as walking down the midway first off. The worst that can happen is one car collides with another (at maybe 7mph) and hits the bumper. As for the rides themselves, everything safety oriented is redundant. There are seat belts, lap bars, overhead shoulder restraints, ect on almost all rides. If even one saftey system fails, there is another to take it's place. Secondly, all the rides such as roller coasters that what I think you're nervous about, is amazingly safe. Even in the event of ANY failure, it's meant to be safe (which is where the term failsafe is from). Lets say the power goes out, everything is still safe. Lets use an example, if Millenium Force is halfway through and the power dies, the brakes even before the power is even knocked out are automatically set, so there is no chance of it blowing through the brake run. Even on the lift hill, it has measures to prevent roll backs. Mind you also, these are tested and inspected on a very frequent basis, as well as everything being under a high amount of scrutiny off season during non-destructive testing. Safety is their number one concern ever, no doubt. Also as another note on safety I think most of us will take this to a high level because peoples lives are in essence in our hands. I'm going to say this because it's also on my mind. TSA employees and the TSA in general are despised due to their safety measures. To be honest though, would you want to be the one employee who lets a dangerous person on board. I think every day the thought of 9/11 would be in the back of my mind, especially if I were employed during that time too. Same goes with Cedar Point. Last thing I would want would be a client to be injured, ect. due to my actions. It's the last thing I would want to happen on my watch.

As for the companies taking advantage, places like Cedar Point, they work with you during the season so I would imagine like any other job out there. She was sent home because she got sick, they didn't force her to work like some sort of sweatshop. She had a legitimate reason, and they worked with her. Like I said though, this should be like any job, the employer takes care of the employees as well as the clients it's involved with.

On another note, your ride crew becomes family. Even this being my first season, I'm already bonding with people in my crew, my room mates, and other ride crews & other park employees (as evident above). Her O-C's could be the result of someone having an event that permitted them to call off, or an emergency, ect. The crew you work with will no doubt help you, you do become family. If someone I worked with got sick, or needed to do, I'm going to do anything I can to make sure it's all smoothed over, even if it involves me having to work lets say, O-C, versus working O-3 (for example). Plus, we know what to expect taking a job like Cedar Point. We are all more than happy to take these hours (I want 80 hours like no other haha). Plus most of us being young, we're used to it. I'm usually up at 6:30AM every morning, and up until around 1:00AM, during this time usually working 10-11 hours at work.

Plus mate, look at what you said about sweeps. To be honest, I think the sweeps have a more demanding job than ride hosts, ect. They have to be moving and out during their whole shift, and they interact with guests like no other. You may not recognize it, but they do. Even look at the sweeps video under the cedarpoint.com/jobs website. I give them more credit than my job. I think a sweep who has worked a week work of O-C's is more detrimental than an exhausted Ride host. They could be negative, not care about the customer, not do their job (just walk around, doing nothing, ect.) That's just my opinion though. Either way though, any job where you're involved with the client, you need to be at your best, it's part of your job. You are the salesman/woman, customer support, customer satisfaction, and many more (can't think of anything off the top of my head, but you get the idea).

Also, as for the federally mandated jobs. All of those jobs are high stress public positions. They may not be working the whole time, such as a firefighter, ect. But when they work, hey I think you'd want the day off if you had to be in a fire engulfed building. If I was a pilot and had to navigate an airline jet 34k above the earth and land on tarmac that barely is enough for me to touchdown & slow down safely, I think I'd want some time off too. I think my job as a ride host helping clients on and off rides safely, and making sure they have a positive experience in the park and during their time with us, is a pretty easy job, especially for those of us who enjoy working with people and in these kinds of environments.

Lastly, I wasn't aware of any accidents at Geauga lake really, nor must they have been big because I don't recall any of this. Even if so, usually that will involve a failure, not a fatigued ride host. I'd be more set to believe a system failed and caused an accident or problem than the blame on one fatigued employee out of the whole team (you must remember, not just one person clears a ride on most circumstances, and with most new rides, must meet the computer's requirements to clear the ride--top thrill)

Anyways, I'll just end this saying, Cedar Point (Cedar Fair moreover) is a good company, and the employees they hire are incredible. I enjoy my current job, but I realize that I'll be working with people my age or around it with the same mindset as myself, and it's going to be a fantastic experience. We all will make each season a fun and successful one for everyone (sadly that rhymed), and will make sure we do it safely.

Well this is long enough, lets not bicker, this is a forum on the internet. Just relax and have fun, besides we are here because of Cedar Point anyways.

Ride On (I had to lols)

Couldn't have said it better myself. I look forward to meeting you too The Devarious.