What is your household income?

[HillGoose]

Between me and my wife, it's probably going to be about $63,000 or so in 2020. I work partly on commission though, so it's hard to predict. The $63,000 is assuming we both keep the same jobs and I keep making about the same commission.

[SWE]

Been option 1 my whole life

[Technocracy Timmy]

Option 1 without benefits.

Probably option 3 when factoring in healthcare, housing, education, etc.

[Kleine Scheiße]

Household size has gone back and forth between two and three. Two right now.

Usually just under $30k these days. Lowest was during my childhood at $19k, highest while I was in college at $31k.

In my life, making less money has been associated with spending more time in high cost-of-living areas, and vice versa.

lmao at republicans in here showing everybody exactly how in-touch with america they really are*

*sanchez' post was fine though

[America Needs R'hllor]

Uhhh my parents earn somewhere between 34K to 42K a year (in non-corona years), put together. Their financial situation is pretty bad and unstable but we manage. As a student I work a hourly job so I can't really estimate but I manage to save some money (thanks subsidized college! Ya'll should try it!)

This year I think it was around 12K (but again it can vary between months I work a lot and make around 1200K and months I barely work and make less than 500. Remember that these numbers are translated from shekels, which is a weaker currency, so it has influence too.

Next year I'm planning to move in with my bf, but we're gonna have a terribly low wage in our first years in the army, something like 6K a year for each, but we'll manage with possibly some aid from the army, my savings and his parents (mine aren't in a state).

It is an interesting thread though. Did our incomes influence our political opinions? Would RINO Tom be an Obama Democrat if he had lower income? Would ER have a problem with forcing poor women to raise their children in poverty? Would SWE still be a socialist if he had a higher income? Who knows.

[Clarko95 📚💰📈]

Annualized income last year was about 177,000 SEK, which is like $18,000. Not bad for working part-time in school and full-time over the summer as an accounting assistant at a music company. Able to pay for all my living expenses and beer money. Admittedly I live in a student apartment that only costs 6000 SEK per month, so that saves me a ton of money.

But Coronavirus is definitely going to screw up this year. Hoping to find a second job and get rent deferral so i don't have to ask my parents to help, since they have to help my older brother who got furloughed.

Growing up my family was solidly in the 50k - 100k range, only this past decade did my parents break through the 100k range. We've had a nice life, there was a scare with the crash in 2009, and accordingly we vote to make sure other people can have one too.

[HagridOfTheDeep]

Growing up, I'd say it was Option 3 until I got to middle school and Option 4 from there.

I've moved away, my parents have split up and proven themselves to be totally incompetent people, and I don't get any support or leg up like I'm sure some of these Republicans will. I'm at Option 3 now, all by my lonesome self, and probably will be for the foreseeable future. I'm not going to call it "paltry" like one spoiled Republican did in here, but I will say that it's a little sad to see how far it goes by the time I finish making rent and student loan payments.

[Antonio the Sixth]

Option 1.

[Coolface Sock #42069]

Just short of $150,000.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

My taxable income last year was just over $43k (including my student loan payment matches from my employer) although that doesn't reflect some additional benefits such as the free $1k my employer puts in my HSA and that my health insurance literally has a $0 premium.

[Orwell]

Not enough

[morgieb]

Either Option 4 or 5 depending on exchange rates.

I am Option 1 personally though.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

I grew up in a solidly middle class household that never had to worry about the necessities, but seldom splurged on luxuries. Not surprisingly, I grew up a Methodist.

[LAKISYLVANIA]

I did grow up in a lower middle class family (foster parents). My dad has debts and together with his girlfriend is a working class family that votes far-right. I live on a disability income. I could lose it though if they decide i don't have enough points anymore. I make less than 13k. Cost of living is really high, but I can manage it.  I currently live with my foster mom during this corona crisis. So financially, that leaves some room to breathe after i'm recovering from financial problems. I think i'm currently safe. Someone else manages my money now, so i haven't seen it in a long time, and each month 250 dollar goes to my mom for cost & living, 280 for my social housing, and some other payments. I earn less than 1000 dollars a month, but I can manage it. Had to cancel a few things i didn't use a lot like Netflix and so. The only real thing i need is my laptop and idc for whatever else.

[LimoLiberal]

I am option 5 but it doesn't get our family very far in NoVA.

[RFayette 🇻🇦]

Option 3, living alone.  Hopefully will get to Option 4 by 2022.

[Xing]

Option 3, since my wife can’t work yet. Once she can, we’ll be in option 4, though I’ll probably be there individually in a few years. I live in Seattle, though, so by the standards here I’m far from rich.

[Kleine Scheiße]

I am option 5 but it doesn't get our family very far in NoVA.

HA

[Sprouts Farmers Market ✘]

I am option 5 but it doesn't get our family very far in NoVA.

It's really insulting that you think so little of us to tell outright fibs. Living paycheck to paycheck is a lifestyle choice for this income bracket anywhere so if your family chooses to live in line with its income, that is not the same thing as not actually having much. Especially if the home is owned, I have even less sympathy.

The only thing in NoVa that I find excessively priced compared to every high CoL metro in the country is the restaurants seem to be a little pricier. Easy cost to cut.

[jamestroll]

Interesting that without coronavirus I earn more individually than many here.

[Santander]

I am option 5 but it doesn't get our family very far in NoVA.

Hello, fellow openly elitist liberal!

[LimoLiberal]

I am option 5 but it doesn't get our family very far in NoVA.

It's really insulting that you think so little of us to tell outright fibs. Living paycheck to paycheck is a lifestyle choice for this income bracket anywhere so if your family chooses to live in line with its income, that is not the same thing as not actually having much. Especially if the home is owned, I have even less sympathy.

The only thing in NoVa that I find excessively priced compared to every high CoL metro in the country is the restaurants seem to be a little pricier. Easy cost to cut.

I never said we live paycheck to paycheck. We don't. But we don't have the classic hallmarks of wealth. We have one car, our house is small and was bought in the 90s for not a lot of money but has sextupled in price since. To be clear, I've had the privilege of never experiencing money issues, and if there was something I really wanted my parents would pay for it. But we're not stereotypically rich and I attribute that to the high cost-of-living where I live.

[LimoLiberal]

I am option 5 but it doesn't get our family very far in NoVA.

Hello, fellow openly elitist liberal!

I don't know why y'all are surprised, my username is literally "LimoLiberal".

[Sprouts Farmers Market ✘]

I am option 5 but it doesn't get our family very far in NoVA.

It's really insulting that you think so little of us to tell outright fibs. Living paycheck to paycheck is a lifestyle choice for this income bracket anywhere so if your family chooses to live in line with its income, that is not the same thing as not actually having much. Especially if the home is owned, I have even less sympathy.

The only thing in NoVa that I find excessively priced compared to every high CoL metro in the country is the restaurants seem to be a little pricier. Easy cost to cut.

I never said we live paycheck to paycheck. We don't. But we don't have the classic hallmarks of wealth. We have one car, our house is small and was bought in the 90s for not a lot of money but has sextupled in price since. To be clear, I've had the privilege of never experiencing money issues, and if there was something I really wanted my parents would pay for it. But we're not stereotypically rich and I attribute that to the high cost-of-living where I live.

My problem with this clarifying statement is that an overwhelming majority of this income bracket is going to have to live in a high cost of living area to be able to have any income. It's not a mitigating factor. It would be sort of strange to have this much income and live outside of one of the thriving metros.

It probably shouldn't be directed at you, but I see these high income whiners constantly. I make it a point to call it out whenever I see it.

[LimoLiberal]

I am option 5 but it doesn't get our family very far in NoVA.

It's really insulting that you think so little of us to tell outright fibs. Living paycheck to paycheck is a lifestyle choice for this income bracket anywhere so if your family chooses to live in line with its income, that is not the same thing as not actually having much. Especially if the home is owned, I have even less sympathy.

The only thing in NoVa that I find excessively priced compared to every high CoL metro in the country is the restaurants seem to be a little pricier. Easy cost to cut.

My fault for not doing research at the time but the bolded statement is not accurate for my situation. Arlington, VA is #8 on the list of most expensive US cities to live in, ahead of Boston, LA, and others. Definitely not fair to compare it to other upper-middle-class suburbs.

https://www.kiplinger.com/slideshow/real-estate/T006-S001-most-expensive-u-s-cities-to-live-in-2019/index.html