Has mining helped you set yourself up financially?

Over the years many people have been attracted to the mining industry by the promise of big salaries and the commonly held idea that “a few years working FIFO can set you up for life”. With tax time just around the corner, we wanted to find out how mining industry employees are setting themselves up financially. All responses are completely anonymous.

• Yes, 100%
• In part
• No, it didn’t factor into my thinking at all.

• Getting some cash in the bank
• Buying my own home (including paying off the mortgage, renovations, etc.)
• Investing in stocks and shares
• Investing in property (rental properties, holiday homes, etc.)
• Living the good life (travel, toys, etc.)
• Saving for retirement
• Paying off my existing debts
• Saving enough money to follow my dreams
• Being able to give my family better opportunities
• Other (please specify below)

• Yes, it’s looked after by a financial planner
• Yes, I have my own budget and I’m strict with it
• Vaguely, I’m not strict with it
• No

• Yes, regularly
• Yes, I have done it occasionally
• No

• Yes
• Yes, including the company I work for!
• No

• Yes, it has
• To some extent
• No

Thanks so much for taking part in this Mining People Polling/Media Centre poll. We’ll publish the results on our website next month. You can see the results of some of our other recent polls below!