Average salary of 30-40 year old male in DC (and females)

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This thread has promise, but, $300k+ bros, let's not make it a conduit for your bragging.

"My salary is $500k. Is that not typical? I guess I just assumed it was." <-- none of this.

No one has actually said that. Why get defensive about it ahead of time? The one or two high income folks here simply answered the question ask, just as folks with more modest incomes did.

I guess those who make around $60000 just don't post. So the "average" you see here is for the average bragging rights amount. If you are below average, I guess you get flamed in DCUM.

[Anonymous]

Age: 30
Salary: $130k, government

DW age: 27
Salary: $95k, private

Both in DC and we feel pretty flush.

[Anonymous]

31 - $390k
27 - $115k

Both private sector

[Anonymous]

Age: 39
Salary: 137K - fed (12 years in gov)
NoVA

[Anonymous]

40k self employed- not mlm
110k DH fed
We’re both 45

We live inside with one small human and a cat.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Gov't atty. 177k. 37.

God willing I'm back in private practice and over 200k or ideally 250k soon.

If you are at 177k, you must be a financial regulator, or maybe SES. If the former, you should be able to get to $200k in not too many more years. You won't make it to 250k unless you are very senior, but you can get close with a promotion or two.

Wow, you can get to $200k-$250k as a govt lawyer? Or am I misunderstanding and that's the private practice rate?

Off topic - but I definitely know lawyers at the SEC, FDIC that are at 200k+. IDK if anyone is at 250k+ -- maybe they are by now but IDK how promotions/raises work when salaries get beyond 200k.

Are these SES pay scale then? The lawyers I know in my agency and outside my agency are on the GS pay scale.

[Anonymous]

Age: 40
Occupation: golf instructor
Income: between 300K and 350K per year for the past eight years. Most importantly, the income is tax free due to cash transactions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Age: 40
Occupation: golf instructor
Income: between 300K and 350K per year for the past eight years. Most importantly, the income is tax free due to cash transactions.

Um... that's called tax fraud, not "tax free income"

[Anonymous]

we make the same salary, in DC

32, 110k, fed contractor
33, 110k, nonprofit manager

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Age: 40
Occupation: golf instructor
Income: between 300K and 350K per year for the past eight years. Most importantly, the income is tax free due to cash transactions.

Um... that's called tax fraud, not "tax free income"

How so? It is cash transactions and not traceable. How would the government know?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Off topic - but I definitely know lawyers at the SEC, FDIC that are at 200k+. IDK if anyone is at 250k+ -- maybe they are by now but IDK how promotions/raises work when salaries get beyond 200k.

Are these SES pay scale then? The lawyers I know in my agency and outside my agency are on the GS pay scale.

the financial regulators and the like (SEC, FDIC, CFPB, CFTC, OCC, OFR, FRB) are on their own non-GS payscales. i make 200k in IT at one of them.

[Anonymous]

35
Federal historian
$90k

39
Scientist (postdoc)
$60k

Work in DC, live waaaaay in the exurbs, since we have 2 kids and no DC condo to "trade up." Oops

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Age: 40
Occupation: golf instructor
Income: between 300K and 350K per year for the past eight years. Most importantly, the income is tax free due to cash transactions.

Um... that's called tax fraud, not "tax free income"

How so? It is cash transactions and not traceable. How would the government know?

The fact that PP hasn't been caught, and may be unlikely to be caught, doesn't mean it's not tax fraud.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Age: 40
Occupation: golf instructor
Income: between 300K and 350K per year for the past eight years. Most importantly, the income is tax free due to cash transactions.

Um... that's called tax fraud, not "tax free income"

How so? It is cash transactions and not traceable. How would the government know?

The fact that PP hasn't been caught, and may be unlikely to be caught, doesn't mean it's not tax fraud.

Dang I need to learn how to teach golf.

[Anonymous]

95-120K Hospitality, less this year obviously.
33,000 School employee