Re:Households Need to Earn $300,000 a Year to Live a Middle ...
by graeme on Saturday April 28, 2018 @11:30AM
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Do you live in a coastal city and work a professional level job that pay $150,000 and requires intense hours at the office? And does your partner as well?
An assumption in the article was that both parents were too busy with work to cook reliably.
I agree it's plenty for most households. Just may not be for the households this author is talking about. It's a good illustration of how a higher paid job may not net that much more: you lose a lot of the income in extra taxes + extra lifestyle expenses to support the job.
An assumption in the article was that both parents were too busy with work to cook reliably.
I agree it's plenty for most households. Just may not be for the households this author is talking about. It's a good illustration of how a higher paid job may not net that much more: you lose a lot of the income in extra taxes + extra lifestyle expenses to support the job.