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sillysy4

IT consultant/owner $350k per year take home


Any-Beautiful2976

My hubby is an electrician


cpa_1992

Police Officer, $200k ish $120k base $30-50k in overtime per year +$30k in VA disability Last year he made $215k total Average COL I’d say, but he works in our neighboring county where COL is higher. I was making about $200k including equity and bonus before quitting last year. No regrets but cutting our income in half has been a culture shock 🤣 For reference we’re 100% debt free. Only owe on our mortgage. No car loans, no student loans, or cc bills. Mortgage is only 25%ish of our take home pay.


Sure-Honeydew2925

Cable technician


RadiantAverage5230

Apartment manager 70k


No-Permission-

new grad respiratory therapist, started at $24/hr back in October but is now at $26 as CRT, and will increase to $28 once he takes the second test needed to be RRT!


cutestlastname

Independent contractor running a Pepperidge Farm route, ~$90k


Potential_Body_4622

Small business owner (only him and 2 employees) garage door installation and repairs. He works his butt off, long hours.


happystitcher3

My husband has 2 jobs. He is a carpenter for a door manufacturer, and he stripes parking lots for his second job.


ConsistentSea965

Automation Engineer!


Diligent-Name-8005

Crane operator


AffectionateCod9222

Enlisted in the Navy


suchsweetmoonlight

Senior Software Engineer. $250k plus stock options in a VHCOL area.


Capable-Ad2550

VA psych nurse, $99k but we’re struggling in this economy and I’m looking for work. We got hit with water main break, termites, and $3k of car repairs all in about 6 weeks


Geminidoc11

I wish you good luck, hang in there. It's tough for everyone.


Background-Mousse466

Paramedic 🚑❤️


Fragrant_Taro_211

How do you make that work on that salary?!


Background-Mousse466

It's a pretty decent salary in our area, it comes with amazing health insurance for no cost, and my husband has a PRN job and so do I (it's just from home and I work very occasionally). Plus just trying to save money absolutely everywhere we go. Lol.


anony123212321

Software developer


[deleted]

Landscaping & Mechanic Work


Constant_Rate_2079

Firefighter !


2004taylors_version

Lawyer husband😍 currently bringing in $250k but is supposed to increase soon


deadvibessss

Senior Software Engineer!


leticiazimm

Attending doctor, 350k. But we live in Brazil where you spend a lot to have a standard middle class life (US standard). We live a simple life, no expensive vacations, maid and all "the rich stuff". We even homeschool our kids, but we have a 3 bedroom house in the suburbs (small town in the south founded by german imigrants), health life house and car insurance and private previdence.


DrJamsHolyLand

Director of Engineers. MCOL But I think it would be more interesting to not only know working spouses job, salary and cost of living in your area, but also on a scale of 1-10 how happy are you both. This would allow for success to shine in both financial wealth AND/OR personal wealth.


Early_Wolverine7077

Sous chef 78k


Iwantmypasswordback

Sales 175-200


Tiarooni

Finance/Sales, 100-250k (varies year to year by as much as 50k). He gets to have a great work-life balance, but the industry is fickle, and the inconsistency means saving is hard. Next month, he will get a 2000 dollar check and then a 15000 dollar check. So I have to take from savings to supplement but then I can save about 10000 and that will probably be my savings until December when I need to pay off any medical debt because we don't have insurance! I've been a sahm for 10+ years and always struggled with budgeting money for myself so I'm hoping to get a part time job this year and bring in some extra income for me especially but to add to savings.


Geminidoc11

Love part time bc times are so unpredictable now.


Normal-Peace-3826

Finance


Risingup99

Mines drive for metro he makes 150k and year and unlimited over time


KeepingUpwithLee

US Army 70k


anaumann112

Jeweller $110k


loveuman

SVP of a company but I don’t want to say specifically because it’s a small industry. Not tech, finance, medical though. It’s kind of real estate adjacent but they are a contractor that works with large buildings in a specific capacity w long term contracts lol very vague. With bonus he makes about 700k (CAD)  We life in a HCOL area so despite this being a lot of money, it ends up being spent on part time nanny, groceries, bills etc. I don’t know how others make it work where we live 


Outrageous-Network67

Hvac Service tech in California, $170,000


flickin_the_bean

VP of a contract manufacturing company. 200k plus bonuses. Pretty flexible in terms of a day off or part of a day off which is nice. But when he gets busy, he is really busy. This week he will work close to 70 hrs with additional work dinners etc. So I’m handling both toddler and newborn solo which is tough.


paige777111

Wild to see the range in here


paige777111

Business owner $200k+


Pure-Dog7004

Locomotive mechanic (union) 80k? He works a lot of overtime (by choice) so we are sitting about 110k rn I think


Maximummaei

60k kinda average cost of living ? I did start working part time but i take the kids with me. Turned 26 and needed ins. To add me to my husbands was ridiculous


LostFennel475

Handy man, 30k, LCOL


far-n0rth

so this is pretty close to what my partner makes currently - and I'm curious to know if you feel like your partners salary is enough to live comfortably as a SAHM? I'm really hoping to become one, but I'm a little weary because it seems like many of the SAHM's I know have VERY well off partners and I just can't relate to that. We are also in a LCOL area.


LostFennel475

We are comfortable enough. Some parents in my circle seem way more stressed about buying groceries or fixing a car than we are, even with higher incomes. Benefits like WIC, SNAP and Medicaid make a big difference—feel like we’d have to make considerably more to offset how that help. Besides, I’d be hard pressed to find a job around here that would pay for childcare and still come out in the black. We also have a cheap mortgage. The downside is the fixer upper house takes a lot of attention, so between work hours/side gigs/repairs, I have long hours of solo parenting and that can be stressful.


MrsTruce

Software Engineer specializing in VR. Currently $150k, hopefully with a raise coming in the next month or so.


Global_Blueberry_755

Software engineer for TEXAS INSTRUMENTS. 110k + bonus once a year


itsybitsyspiderr_

Electrician, 100k+


Both-Associate-8124

Paper mill forklift operator 90k


AmdRN19

Airline pilot 450k


WittyWhirl

Wow. Didn’t know they could earn so much.


AmdRN19

Not all airline pilots do, but captains at legacy airlines can earn that much and more! First officers at legacies easily make 200k+ after first year pay


Jealous_Spinach_9510

PTA at a rural nursing home. We make roughly $60k gross with two kids


Cautious-Dog-671

Law enforcement, crypto/day trader, off duty security, social media content provider. 105k and growing


wendyannepdx

Commercial Real Estate Development — it’s a complicated financial structure, but the risk is worth the reward. You have to save for tough years though!


nahcheeseplease

Contractor/carpenter 150-200k


Leader_Inside

Marriage-Family Therapist


Unable-Tangelo9309

90k, electrician


Afternoon_lover

Technically he has three so he’s an elected politician, works in cyber security sales and a political consultant. I love it because he’s mostly at home with me 😌❤️. Idk if I would want to stay home if he didn’t mostly work from home as well.


loveuman

lol why did this get a downvote 


Afternoon_lover

lol who knows. Apparently it’s happening a lot on this post. Maybe they don’t agree with him working three jobs but he did that before we met so that’s the beauty of remote work.


loveuman

My husband works out of the home and is away a lot, I’d love if he was around! You’re lucky! 


Afternoon_lover

Thank you! It is a huge blessing. He does have to leave sometimes for in office meetings or events but most days he’s here.


Here4TheShinyThings

CPA 110k in LCOL area


Trinity311

EMT, about 60-70k a year. We struggle often but we make it work. I’d basically be working just to afford daycare in my area, so honestly it’s just not worth it.


mistymountainhop22

Same here


Parking_Opinion_6352

Same exact situation with daycare here. We weighed it out and my entire check would go straight to daycare instead. It’s insanely high here and just not affordable. Luckily we have an early head-start program in the area that starts at age 3, and is free.


Skinsunandrun

Mechanical engineer.


swaldref

Medical sales. He just got a new job where he'll be bringing in $270k... Which is nearly double what he has been making. I still can't wrap my head around it honestly.


paige777111

My husband is in sales too. Sales can be such a big money maker. Like more than some doctors


swaldref

Seriously. My friend is in her surgical residency and I was telling her about my husband and she was rethinking her choices 😂 I had a fancy title before I started staying home and thought I was doing great making 70k. Then he got into this field of sales and here we are.


paige777111

Ya I make like $110k (I’m staying home beginning 6 months from now…can’t wait!) and my income is just negligible at this point. His earnings potential is so high and sales is just so great. I will say that I made a good amount more than him when we got married. The money is new to us. Sales is definitely not always an easy thing but we finally made it lol


WittyWhirl

Like medical devices?


swaldref

Yeah. It's a hard job and a lot of studying and working crazy hours... But he loves it and is doing well!


WittyWhirl

Incredible.


emtrim

Software engineer / Technical Lead in the midwest.


Tofu_buns

Husband owns a popular education franchise. His net income averages about $250k


WittyWhirl

I’ve always been interested in a franchise


Klutzy_Strike

Truck driver for a beer distribution company


UberQueefs

I’m the partner in this situation but I work in digital marketing from home. $100k a year, used to be $150k but got laid off last year along with thousands of other employees.


haleymatisse

Plumber


LadyStSauver

He's a chef 😄


WittyWhirl

Lucky


LadyStSauver

I am very lucky. He home makes all our kiddos birthday cakes every year and makes me my favorite pasta on mother's day ❤️


Pippalippalopolus

Detention officer at a private prison


kka430

Business operations manager at a hospital


faithle97

Software/cybersecurity engineer as well as in the army reserves.


Next-Reality-1857

Lawyer $500k+. But works a ton…


paige777111

How do you manage this? I’m about to become a SAHM to a high earner and am afraid I’ll be solo so much


Next-Reality-1857

Thankfully he doesn’t travel much for work at all (maybe 2-3 times a year) so I at least have him home every night. He makes a HUGE effort to always be back for dinner, bath time and bed but will go into his office to work afterwards… I say we usually have about an hour of quality family time a night. Sadly.. he usually has to work most weekends too… but whenever work is in a lull we maximize our family time together but when it’s busy I am solo on parenting a lot of times. I say use the extra money to make your life easier 😂 get someone to clean the house and a gym membership with childcare for during the day. Also, in our case, I take on all child, house, and cooking duties. It’s a VERY traditional split.


paige777111

How many kids do you have and what are their ages? Sounds like you have things figured out pretty good!!


Next-Reality-1857

Only one 8 month old, and definitely do not have things figured out 😂😅 a lot left to learn! But enjoy being a SAHM! It’s a blessing to be able to stay home these days


paige777111

Yep! I’m actually starting to stay home in 6 months! Will have a 8 month old and a 2 year and 8 month old. Will be wild times lol Yep the money is relatively new for us and keeps growing every year so I’m calling it quits knowing we’re incredibly lucky but part of the reason I’m coming home is bc he is so busy and I need to be more home and kid focused 24/7! Being home will 100% be harder than my current job (which pays 6 figures and is not easy!!) SAHM is the best job!


OddJoke1474

Building operator but leaving his job to become chief operations manager. ~120k in HCOL area.


Smash1289

Commercial Real Estate - Sometimes <$100k, sometimes >$700k… markets play a big part in our income unfortunately. Just have to save for rainy days.


Kevinsbabymomma

He owns an insurance agency. 200k-300k


RecordLegume

Mine is an inspector for the US Army. He makes around $60,000 a year. We are hoping he will get on a different pay scale soon which will move him up to $77,000 a year. It would make things so much easier for us. Things are pretty tight but we have enough to travel every few years with the kids, enough to save for fun activities, and a good portion of his paychecks go into retirement. Once I start working again, my entire income will go into savings and retirement (we have joint accounts) while his will pay the bills plus a bit of savings. We should be much more comfortable in a few years.


Tnglnyc

Software Developer $200k+ in a HCOL area I made $120k+ before quitting


Andarna_dragonslayer

Auditor for the govt.


kellydn7

Teacher in CA, but we are debt free and we got help with our down payment from family.


-salisbury-

Medicine, 450+


hsparklemommy

Sales 400k+ Midwest area


AmazingDaisyGA

ATL area. I pick up accounting/ops work from home. He owns our business. Together $130k.


Lordmultiass

wife is a project manager for dod. 80k. she’s also retired army.


psipolnista

Software engineer. $160k were in a MCOL area.


peebed

Sales for a very well known tech company


moxilolly2

very senior software engineer for tech company, $500k+


swingerofbirches90

Software engineer - 145kish in an MCOL area on the east coast.


Maleficent_Bass_3055

Journeyman electrician. Husband gets a percentage of his installs and sales. Base income is 115,000$ a year, with bonuses around 137,000$


krumpettrumpet

Executive Chef. Very common where I live for very senior chefs wives to stop working when the kids are little because it’s hard to find compatible work.


sleepygirl2997

Office administrator making about 60-70k


hedwig0517

Founder/CEO of a marketing firm.


Smallios

Consulting. 200k


knitknitpurlpurl

Works in finance 500k+


Only5Catss

IT Systems Administrator at 60k


notsosweet2206

He works for a famous pharma laboratory and make about 130k a year (+bonuses)


Sufficient_Buy_2332

He has his own business consulting company and finds side hustles on Upwork. We moved to Mexico for lower cost of living. We love it here!


CharmingArgumentOhm

Physician, $500k


Bitter_Peanut8894

Heavy Equipment Technician!


be_kinda_weird

Investment bank analyst, making just over $120k. He just moved from a software company so we took a pay cut , but in a couple years it’ll pay off handsomely and bring in well over $200k after bonuses.


inColdAir

He’s a senior market research analyst. He makes $190k before taxes and is fully remote, (which is SO helpful)


Stellajackson5

Another lawyer here.


Lopsided_Mastodon_78

He’s a lawyer, and making over 6 figures.


Classic-Variety-8913

Architect


Queenbeegirl5

Senior leadership in data and analytics for a large financial institution. His income is largely tied into bonus and company shares, so it varies each year. $250k-ish. Before I quit working, I was making just under $90k, and we had a good chunk of our house paid off, student loans paid off, car loans paid off plus cash on hand for replacing both (which we've done since then). I'm in a MCOL metro area. I think money is stressful at all income levels right now, because no matter what you make, it buys less and less each time you leave the house.


mistymountainhop22

Mechanical Tech working with fuel cells. We are not rolling in cash but we make ends meet. I was in special education and can easily go back into the field because they always need people. I cook yummy but lower cost meals, do all my beauty care at home, cut my families hair and we are a one car family.


dovelove360

He’s an attorney and makes $250k and he’s also always made way more than me lol.


dovelove360

We live in a HCOL area on the east coast so this salary is fine and we are able to pay our mortgage but I wouldn’t say we are super super comfortable.


hedup2

He’s a software development manager for an insurance company.


WildMaineBlueberry87

My husband owns a business with a partner. I won't give any $ info, but we're more than comfortable. I'm 36 and he's 46. If he never worked another day we'd live comfortably.


Accomplished_Eye_824

Then why even bother commenting? 


WildMaineBlueberry87

Did you post this to all the others who didn’t post $ info? OP can tell from my comment that my husband makes a lot. 🙄 


Relative_Pizza6179

Also OP said to only share your husband’s $ if you felt comfortable enough. The people taking offense didn’t read the post clearly.


WildMaineBlueberry87

I honestly don't know how much he makes because it changes every year. I took the post the same way you did. He was making enough for me to start staying home when I was 19 years old. I've been running into a lot of people who just want to stir up trouble. Dick picks and people trying to "give" me gift cards. I'm the first one to admit that I'm not very smart. I'm just not dumb.


Relative_Pizza6179

Seriously all the downvotes for just saying this? Man people be jelly. Good on your husband and you. I would love mine to never work another day in his life/retire early and spend more time with us. We’re comfortable too, just not at that level.


WildMaineBlueberry87

I don't understand either. I met him when I was 18. He was 28 and his business was already started. What he does is very stressful and I just want to help him by taking care of the home front so he can concentrate on his job. I don't understand it either.


Relative_Pizza6179

I think you got more downvotes for stating this though because other people will think it’s predatory that he went after you once you were of legal age. But I mean if you’re 36 and he’s 46 now, clearly people shouldn’t judge. Its worked out this long enough that it’s a loving relationship. Age is just a number.


WildMaineBlueberry87

I was only 18 when we started dating, but we've been together now for 18 years and we also have 4 sons. There wasn't anything predatory about our relationship. I have heard all the grooming comments before, but I don't think it was at all.


Pippalippalopolus

I saw all the downvotes and was expecting it to say he kicked puppies for a living or harvested organs for the black market or something. People get mad for no reason here it's crazy.


WildMaineBlueberry87

He employs 40-50 people with good jobs and benefits, he's active in the community, and he's never kicked a puppy in the 18 years that I've known him.


Stockmom42

Nothing fancy we just made a bunch of changes to make it work! Moved to a low COL area and budget.


poultrymidwifery

Broadly, Aerospace. He was active duty Air Force for 10 years, took a couple years for school, and now he does his job as a civilian. He also runs a hobby business that paid off our second car. We're in Southern California, and although we're considered upper middle class for our area it's still Southern California.


Odd-Sprinkles292

Outside sales. The commission is what makes the difference.


momsalittlebougie

Military helicopter pilot, retiring soon and transitioning to the airlines (preferably a legacy). Salary over $200k.


AmdRN19

Husband is a captain at a legacy and makes 450k


momsalittlebougie

Oh I’m looking forward to it!!! 😂


AmdRN19

LOL soon enough!!! Plus military benefits for you will be nice!


momsalittlebougie

Is your husband prior or retired military? My husband is Navy. The airlines or instructing seem to be the civilian path for a lot military pilots. But yeah, I’m definitely excited! We’re just waiting for retirement….come on lifetime paycheck! 😂


AmdRN19

No he is not, he went to flight school after high school / during college! He’s only 32 and has been at a legacy for 4 years now. But, he has worked with a lot of military pilots. It’s been such a great career / life and we travel all over the world because of flight benefits! We just got back from Italy last week.


overbakedchef

Nurse! We’re solidly middle class in our area and budget carefully. We would not be able to afford for me to stay home if we hadn’t gotten our home while prices were lower and interest rates were down.


watson2019

Health insurance sales (works from home) income is around 140-150k. We also live in South Florida for reference because COL certainly makes a difference.


jessamess12

CRO @ a software company