Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! How much is that after tax? I have 1 full-time job in Uni, and 1 part time job, but my second job (the part time one) is taxed nearly 50%, I don't even know if it's really worth it :/
I'm not sure. In the neighborhood of $80,000 - 90,000 + bonus. I live in an area that has among the highest living expenses in the US, though, so it's not as much as it might sound.
Too much? Too much for what? After I pay rent, my wife's tuition, the two car loans (we can't afford to live close enough for me to bike to work because that area is too expensive, so we need two cars) the food bill, gas for the cars and the monthly utilities, it's gone. We moved to a house that was $500.00/month cheaper so we could afford to let my wife quit her job and go back to school. We have less than $1,000.00 in the bank. As you said, different countries have drastically different cost of living. Within the US it varies just as greatly. In the middle of the country, where there's little work, you can buy a house for less than $50,000.00. Within commuting distance to NYC, you will be lucky to find a decent house for under $550,000. In commuting distance to San Francisco, try finding a decent house for under $700,000.00.
Well, if you live in my home country with that income, you could live like a king! Omg, who here live in Moscow? It's the most expensive city in the world! Tokyo is no 2, and NYC is 'only' no. 22 (see the table in the link): http://www.mercer.com/costofliving
The cost of living indices are a little misleading when you take certain things into account. For example the avearge income in Hunts Point Bronx is less tha $8,000.00/yr. You can quite easily find an apartment there for $500.00/mo. However, there is no way I would ever ask my wife to live there - nevermind raise kids there. It's a real shithole and the crime is outrageous. Hunts Point is part of NYC, however, so it (and other similar neigborhoods - though none are quite as bad as Hunts Point) brings down the average rent dramatically from the average rent in Manhattan and the nicer parts of Brooklyn. Also, you must take into consideration rent controlled apartments. There are people living in apartments in NYC paying well under $1,000.00/mo because the rent was frozen back in the late '60's. If they were to move out (not likely) or die and I wanted to rent that same place, it would cost me upwards of $4,000/mo. NYC is a strange place. You have people spending $1,000,000 per ROOM to buy an apartment in some areas of Manhattan and you can't touch a brownstone for under $3,000,000, yet in others you can buy a whole apartement BUILDING for well under $1,000,000. A few years ago, you could buy a six family apartment building in Yonkers for $400,000, and if you head just a few miles south, a similar building would cost $10,000,000. Trust me, those numbers aren't as accurate as you might think - as honestly as they try. I'm not saying you can't afford to live here if you make less than I do - you certainly can. I am just saying that I am not rich by any means - considering the standards and cost of living of where I live.
My husband makes more than my step-dad. My step dad is in charge of the district when it comes to the roads. (I don't know what its called) He has been there for 30 yrs, my husband has been at his job 9 yrs. But where my mom and step-dad live, you can rent a 3 bedroom house for $400 or less a month. They are one of the wealthiest people in town.
Than anyone deserves, it's just an expression man Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! We know "worth" is subjective.....................................................
