S/O: Those professionals with normal middle-class jobs/salaries, please post your bonus here.

[Anonymous]

82k, no bonus

[Anonymous]

Fed -- 100K salary -- time off award of 40 hours. Prefer time off to $$

[Anonymous]

60K--1500 bonus

[Anonymous]

DH makes 185k and $3k bonus

I make 60k and no bonus

[Anonymous]

180k salary and about 50k bonus. No raises for the last 5 years

[Anonymous]

70k- $3500bonus

[Anonymous]

66k, bonus was a bottle of champagne.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have never, ever in my life received a bonus (nor worked in a place that gave them out).

+1

[Anonymous]

Are jobs with salaries of $180-$185K really considered "middle-class" jobs?

[Anonymous]

$150k base, 30k bonus.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:260K, 0 bonus

Interesting that you classify yourself as normal middle-class at this salary level. Only in DC and DCUM would someone say that!

I would never consider myself normal middle class, as it relates to our income:

DH is at $205K, no year end bonus as he gets his annual bonus in April which will be around $75K, and he gets about 350 stock awards per year which vest over 4 years. Right now he has about $100K in stock, of which 25% is about to vest.

I make about $40K part time. no bonus but I'm grateful to have the job.

I think this puts us NEARLY in the top 1%? how is that normal middle class?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:260K, 0 bonus

Interesting that you classify yourself as normal middle-class at this salary level. Only in DC and DCUM would someone say that!

I would never consider myself normal middle class, as it relates to our income:

DH is at $205K, no year end bonus as he gets his annual bonus in April which will be around $75K, and he gets about 350 stock awards per year which vest over 4 years. Right now he has about $100K in stock, of which 25% is about to vest.

I make about $40K part time. no bonus but I'm grateful to have the job.

I think this puts us NEARLY in the top 1%? how is that normal middle class?

I'm not PP but in a similar boat. I make about $200, spouse about $100k. It's a good income but our life is decidedly middle class - we live in a modest home, drive old cars, etc. Even our jobs are "middle class" jobs - we don't work on Wall Street or high finance, just regular corporate gigs. If you define middle class by income, I guess we are excluded but otherwise I'd say we fit the mold.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are jobs with salaries of $180-$185K really considered "middle-class" jobs?

Not to me. To me anything that's six figures is a lot.

[Anonymous]

$90K, bonus (after audit in March) is 4%, if we hit our yearly goals, which we did.

In 2014, it goes up to $100K/5%

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are jobs with salaries of $180-$185K really considered "middle-class" jobs?

Not to me. To me anything that's six figures is a lot.

Sorry to rain on your ideological parade, but a HHI of $145K with two kids in daycare is hardly a life of luxury. Since DW went back to work, I've been dinged with late fees on mortgage, HELOC, both daycares and of course my bank due to NSF, it's nearly impossible to split the first paycheck on mortgage plus a month of daycare. Thankfully, I've worked out weekly payments with daycare.

Oh and I had to apply for a reduction in my student loan, so now I get to pay more interest over the life of my loan.