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I made $102,500 last year.
Take home is about 4500/month.
Uncle Sam is a mfer.
Then there's union dues, disability benefits, life insurance, MCU account that I ignore and 401k/deferred compensation account that I also try to ignore.
I can scale all of that back and act hoodrich but im so serious when I say I'm never going to work after my 50th birthday. The planning/sacrifices start now tho.
Yeah, NYC is a b when it comes to that BS. Im at the same, and take home is about $4400 a month with biweekly pay. It'll be even less once you have kids cause your insurance premium goes up.
So it aint like if you make 100k, you're taking home 10k a month like some idiots think, and assume you're loaded. Its $4,500 a month after taxes/401k/transportation deductions/health insurance... then you got rent, which brings you down to ~$3k. Then you got your gym, haircuts, netflix, utilities, laundry, food bills, and all that other ish.
Saving like 1k a month b. Maybe 2k if you tighten up and live frugal. On the bright side, at least I'm in an office and making excel reports instead of being outside holding a jackhammer or making dudes squat, pull their pants down, and cough.
This is rich folks fault somehow.