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Re:Ask HN: Finding a second part-time job for some extra cash? by Shindi on Wednesday October 19, 2022 @12:50PM (#33264812)
> let's say between ~$150-180k

> even at that income I'm saving very, very little living in a HCOL and high tax city

Not the answer you want to hear but the problem is your spending. I have no idea what your life is like, but I was able to safe comfortably making 100K living in SF. Keep in mind the median HOUSEHOLD income in NYC is 67K.

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Re:Ask HN: Finding a second part-time job for some extra cash? by lilsoso on Wednesday October 19, 2022 @01:15PM (#33265125)
Your numbers for household income in NYC must be off, see the following sources:

https://usafacts.org/data/topics/economy/jobs-and-income/job...

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MEHOINUSA672N

For 2021, the median household income in the entire United States was above $67k, at ~$70k. And the median rent in Manhattan is allegedly $4k (https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/09/realestate/manhattan-rent...) (and the average is allegedly $5k, https://www.curbed.com/2022/08/new-york-rents-july-record-hi...), which renders a ~$150k income much less comfortable.

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Re:Ask HN: Finding a second part-time job for some extra cash? by Shindi on Wednesday October 19, 2022 @05:46PM (#33268296)
> And the median rent in Manhattan is allegedly $4k

Remember that Manhattan != New York City.

You provided numbers for the US but not New York City. If only there was an easy way to find median rent of New York, New York

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Re:Ask HN: Finding a second part-time job for some extra cash? by lilsoso on Friday October 21, 2022 @11:50AM (#33289332)
The median income for the US is higher than the median income you provided for NYC, therefore it seems reasonable to assume your numbers are incorrect.

I then provided rent prices for an expensive neighborhood of NYC to illustrate how a $100k+ income can disappear on rent alone. A $100k salary is not a lot in NYC.

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