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You are nuts. [b]125k is 87th percentile for salary in the US. [/b]

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According to this site, it is 90th percentile in 2020,  Essentially OP is saying that 90% of the American population is too poor for her family.  That's incredibly shallow and greedy.

[url]https://dqydj.com/average-median-top-individual-income-percentiles/#:~:text=and%20so%20on!-,2020%20Individual%20Income%20Percentiles%20for%20the%20United%20States,Median%20individual%20income%3A%20%2443%2C206.00[/url]

[quote]Individual Income
Percentile  |	2020	            |  2019              |	Absolute Increase  |	Percentage Change
90.00%    |	$125,105.00  |	$118,211.27  |	$6,893.73             | 	5.83%[/quote][/quote]

Not in DC, and not among married men with children. And OP isn't married to "90% of the American population", she is married to one specific person, and they should discuss their financial and career goals with each other and figure out what's best for themselves and their children based on that, not based on what her cousin thinks and not based on what other people earn. [/quote]

The PP I was responding to said explicitly "in the US" not "in DC".   See the bolded.  If the PP wanted to talk about in DC, she should not have said "in the US".  Sorry, but words have actual meanings.[/quote]

The implications of both the PP and you was that OP should STFU and be grateful because her husband makes more than a reference population that mostly includes people living in lower COL areas, and also people who aren't supporting children. I've had that kind of reasoning used on me when I was being underpaid and I find it trite and lazy. Figuring out the right career decisions for yourself and your family are not judgements on the income or lifestyles of other Americans.[/quote]

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