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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What is a decent salary?

I think about this sometimes.  I'm 40 and I make 175 and my husband makes 195k.  total 360k.  We started with negative (college debt) and then we have 4 kids.  I feel like we aren't paycheck to paycheck but there's still a lot of trade offs.  
I think we are 'decent'  for a family.  Decent to me means - you are not freaking out about $ issues but you still think a little more would be nice.  I think it also means you wonder WTH is the government doing with all my tax money.

If we had a single income and I didn't spend as much money on things like work clothes, transportation to work, nannies I think decent could be @ 300k. Most single working parents with one spouse at home seems comparable with this type of income IMO.

I work with a lot of kids out of college.  In your 20's it seems less and most are single.  So they are 'surviving' on 60-100 right out of school.  Add $2-10k per year after that.  Some get high end every year, most do not.

Not sure about older folks - let's say 50+ . I wonder what would be different about that, but I don't know much people at that age or their finances.[/quote]

Curious - what are your jobs, or what industry?  I'm around the same age, with experience, advanced degree, and make nowhere near that.  I'm thinking most of the high income posters here are doctors, lawyers, real estate developers, or sales.   You all tend to think everyone around you makes the same kind of money.  [/quote]

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