Women: how much do you earn from working ?

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Anonymous wrote:$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.

You’re not a lobbyist? Do you have dual citizenship?

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118K base + $15K bonus, totally remote. Interviewing for a few jobs right now. All of the jobs would be similar to what I do now — just better pay (all of the salaries are around $180/$200K.

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I am a hospital lab scientist, I work 24 hours a week in the evenings and make $40k. I am almost always around for the kids and the neighbors all think I am a SAHM.

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

Hmmm, this seems like an exaggeration for the position.

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120k, fully remote, set my own hours.

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Anonymous wrote:Biglaw ~1.4M.

Wow, I would be interested in learning about your career trajectory sans identifying details. TBH, more interested in how you got there with kids. I assume you have kids, because, you know, it’s DCUM.

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Biglaw marketing 100k

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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.

100k on public assistance? BS

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

And? What's the problem with being middle class?

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160k

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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.

+1. This line of thinking is so irrational, it’s hard to know where to start. I mean, if you keep shifting the goal posts. At some point you’ll be claiming that Bill Gates is “poor” and Elon Musk merely middle class because neither are as wealthy as Bezos. We don’t define these things by which street you live on or even by cities. Any household bringing in 150k certainly isn’t poor. And anyone claiming to just get by at these levels is likely just looking for a reason to not recognize how fortunate they are and a way not to give back to their communities.

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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.

+1. This line of thinking is so irrational, it’s hard to know where to start. I mean, if you keep shifting the goal posts. At some point you’ll be claiming that Bill Gates is “poor” and Elon Musk merely middle class because neither are as wealthy as Bezos. We don’t define these things by which street you live on or even by cities. Any household bringing in 150k certainly isn’t poor. And anyone claiming to just get by at these levels is likely just looking for a reason to not recognize how fortunate they are and a way not to give back to their communities.

You have an active imagination.

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Why not ask everyone?

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

Hmmm, this seems like an exaggeration for the position.

This is UX researcher OP. Not an exaggeration when it comes to total comp: base salary is 186, bonuses for the year are usually ~38k, stock has done well so that makes a large part of TC. Am in a senior position at a FAANG company.

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Anonymous wrote:Biglaw ~1.4M.

Wow, I would be interested in learning about your career trajectory sans identifying details. TBH, more interested in how you got there with kids. I assume you have kids, because, you know, it’s DCUM.

Yes, 2 kids! DH has career with less stress, more flexible hours; same nanny for many, many years. Somewhat niche area; as an associate, worked a ton of hours after kids in bed / during naptime. Now kids older so much easier!