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FrozenBearMo t1_j5il9b7 wrote

The biggest employers in Springfield are: Oreily Auto Parts, Cox Health, Mercy, Bass Pro, Kraft, T-Mobile, Chase, MSU, 3M, American National, AWG, and Expedia.

You should be able to get $15-$18 an hour. So many call center jobs here.

The rental market has exploded here and you can expect to pay $800-$1200 for a decent one bedroom. (Be prepared for the slew of comments to follow about how you can get an apartment for $600 a month here. ) You probably can, but it’s not going to be a great rental.

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ImADecisionTerrible OP t1_j5iluu4 wrote

I’ve actually been seeing some decent rental homes for $995! Of course, this doesn’t mean that they’ll be available when it comes time to move but I thought I’d scoop out the market ahead of time (I have a cat and dog and wanted to know how pet friendly rentals were), me and my sister plan to split half the bills (she’ll be responsible for trash, I’ll pay WiFi)

It’s so relieving to hear though that getting $15-$18 an hour is possible there. Making over minimum wage were we live is exclusive to factory work so I was a little nervous that we’d be scraping by at $11-$12 an hour

Thank you so much for your insight!

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malevolentk t1_j5io810 wrote

I think most of the major call centers like TMobile and Chase start more like $22-25

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FrozenBearMo t1_j5knfz9 wrote

If you feel like sharing, what sort of work do you do at the hospital? I’m a nurse and I can give you some insight on where might be a good fit. Mercy is a complete shit-show

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ImADecisionTerrible OP t1_j5lbqsy wrote

I’m a nurse tech! Did a year of nursing school but unfortunately had to drop due to some health complications but I’m really, really wanting to apply for Cox college to start back up so I felt like Cox hospital could be a good fit because of tuition reimbursement

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