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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Nope. This speaks more to culture than anything. $35k is not enough to jump for. [/quote]
This is where I fall on the question.  Going from $170k to $205K but having to wear a suit and commute a total of an hour to an hour and a half round trip each day?  No thanks.  After taxes, commuting costs, and dry cleaning, you're not clearing that much extra money.

I might consider it if I could double my salary, but not for the increase you're talking about.[/quote]

This is where I come down on it too. The extra juice isn’t worth the squeeze. After tax 35k is maybe ~2k net/month. Call it $1,500/month after dry cleaning and gas/parking. Call it an extra $375/week, but with an extra 90 min. per day lost, OP will be committing an extra 7.5 hours of her life per week that she currently has free to do something personally.

$375/7.5 = an extra $50/hour for her time. Personally, I’d rather spend an hour of my life at the gym, sleeping in, cooking nice food, etc. than trade that hour of my life for $50. But if I was in a place of financial hardship that calculus could change. Only OP can make that call. [/quote]

+1 I think that's exactly the right reasoning. How much do you need or want that extra money, compared to what you'd be giving up? (Time and flexibility, being the biggest things.)[/quote]

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