Women: how much do you earn from working ?

[Anonymous]

$400k

[Anonymous]

~400k with base salary, bonus, and stock. Work in tech as a UX researcher.

[Anonymous]

~175k plus bonus and stock

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:About $25k, part-time for about 10 hours a week. I'm never sure whether it is worth it to work.

I would quit but don’t know your DH salary.

I'm leaning that way. This is a second career at age 50 after being at home for 15 years. There is no monetary reason for me to work, especially at this level.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:these responses show that this is mostly a middle class forum.

Um, more like upper middle class.

The people responding are talking about pretax income. Not post tax. Also, with inflation and high housing prices 200k is not what it used to be.

Get real.

What used to be upper middle class is not just... well.. middle class.

Hard pill for many especially white americans who did everything the right way to accept.

BS. Anyone who is making over 100k, certainly over 100k, is upper middle class. Especially if the other spouse also works, which is common. DH and I are both GS-15s making 165k and change. That's a lot of money. Yeah, if we want to live in an expensive neighborhood, then it's not send your kids to private school or join the country club money, but it's a lot. We don't take expensive vacations, partly because we don't want to, but we want for nothing. And once the younger kid is out of day care we will feel really flush.

No you're not. The median income in loudoun County where many tech workers are located is 142k. . If you make below there you are certainly not upper middle class. You are below middle class. I'd call that lower middle class.

Todo, we aren't in Kansas anymore.

You wit your two lower class incomes are no where near upper middle class. You just hit middle class.

[Anonymous]

145k.

To those arguing about middle class, I consider myself upper middle class. Spouse makes about 105k. We can save around 25% of this each year even with two daycare payments and still buy basically whatever we want. That’s unheard of for many people in this country. People in this area are extremely out of touch with what the average family in this country can afford. You’re just living above your means.

[Anonymous]

$600-$800k

[Anonymous]

$205k + bonus. Asked for a raise in base comp and we will see!

[Anonymous]

$104k, teacher at top of MA+30 scale. Unfortunately I have at least 9 more years to work with no more step increases.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:these responses show that this is mostly a middle class forum.

Um, more like upper middle class.

The people responding are talking about pretax income. Not post tax. Also, with inflation and high housing prices 200k is not what it used to be.

Get real.

What used to be upper middle class is not just... well.. middle class.

Hard pill for many especially white americans who did everything the right way to accept.

BS. Anyone who is making over 100k, certainly over 100k, is upper middle class. Especially if the other spouse also works, which is common. DH and I are both GS-15s making 165k and change. That's a lot of money. Yeah, if we want to live in an expensive neighborhood, then it's not send your kids to private school or join the country club money, but it's a lot. We don't take expensive vacations, partly because we don't want to, but we want for nothing. And once the younger kid is out of day care we will feel really flush.

No you're not. The median income in loudoun County where many tech workers are located is 142k. . If you make below there you are certainly not upper middle class. You are below middle class. I'd call that lower middle class.

Todo, we aren't in Kansas anymore.

You wit your two lower class incomes are no where near upper middle class. You just hit middle class.

PP you are insane and incorrect. The median HHI for Loudoun is 142k, not for an individual. The family with > $300k is certainly UMC even though that buys less in Loudoun than it does in Ohio.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:235K, prof at a law school

Wow, I am a prof in biology and make $85k

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:these responses show that this is mostly a middle class forum.

Um, more like upper middle class.

+1. That poster is seriously out of touch.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:these responses show that this is mostly a middle class forum.

Um, more like upper middle class.

The people responding are talking about pretax income. Not post tax. Also, with inflation and high housing prices 200k is not what it used to be.

Get real.

What used to be upper middle class is not just... well.. middle class.

Hard pill for many especially white americans who did everything the right way to accept.

BS. Anyone who is making over 100k, certainly over 100k, is upper middle class. Especially if the other spouse also works, which is common. DH and I are both GS-15s making 165k and change. That's a lot of money. Yeah, if we want to live in an expensive neighborhood, then it's not send your kids to private school or join the country club money, but it's a lot. We don't take expensive vacations, partly because we don't want to, but we want for nothing. And once the younger kid is out of day care we will feel really flush.

A household income of 100k with two kids living in nyc or DC is not upper middle class.

In Arlington, you’d qualify for public assistance. That’s not middle class. It’s poor.

[Anonymous]

$130k working for a foreign government. I was making ~$200k in the corporate world before trading it in for an awesome opportunity and quality of life.

[Anonymous]

$180K fed employee non-supervisory, gs-15 equivalent. Never work nights or weekends. 50 days of leave a year.

DH makes $170K. We feel upper middle class.