A younger me would be throwing a brick right now...

[KrazyHorse]

It is the lowest you can pay in the center of a very rich NYC suburb to get a nice 2br apt.

For comparison, a 4br house outside the town center would go for 800k-1MM. Mortgage would be ~3500-4000 and property taxes + insurance would be another 500-1000 a month. Mortgage would be (partly) tax deductible, so bring it down to a total of 3500-4000.

Also, it should be noted that my rent is only a very small fraction (mid single digit percentage) of my income. I could economize further, but would have to sacrifice pretty concrete utility in terms of space (share a br with my kid) or commuting distance (fairly bad tradeoff, given that I value my time at >100 an hour).

[Dr Strangelove]

lulz 6 figure = hoighty toity. Do you still live in a world where 100k family income is anything more than middle class?

Also, I choose to save my money rather than spend it on silly ****. My rent is less than 2500 a month.

You stated in another thread that if the cap on FICA was lifted it would put you in a 55% tax bracket. That indicates that (1) you're self-employed, (2) your income is way, way, way above $100 K per year.

[Lorizael]

My rent is < 600/mo. But I only have a 5 figure job. And I have to park on the street.

[MikeH]

You stated in another thread that if the cap on FICA was lifted it would put you in a 55% tax bracket. That indicates that (1) you're self-employed, (2) your income is way, way, way above $100 K per year.

According to the post above ~5% ("mid single digit percent") of his salary is 2500 a month, which puts him ~ $600k.

[MikeH]

AKA slightly less than Mrs KrazyHorse.

[dannubis]

Base or total ?

[MikeH]

BTW glassdoor gives average salary for his role at his company as $118k (82-320 range) + $45k (20-110 range) bonus, and they only have 13 datapoints.

I AM LIKE ALBY THE INTERNET STALKER

[Dr Strangelove]

Maybe he's blackmailing them.

[MikeH]

Oh no wait, that's a more junior role than his. So anyway, more than that.

[MikeH]

Average $374k range 175k to 576k. Love Glassdoor.

[Ben Kenobi]

And people wonder why Canadians leave for the US

[giblets]

Probably similar reasons as Americans who move to Canada.

[Dinner]

According to the post above ~5% ("mid single digit percent") of his salary is 2500 a month, which puts him ~ $600k.

Or maybe he's counting whole household income. That seems some what more plausible.

[Ben Kenobi]

Probably similar reasons as Americans who move to Canada.

He was in Quebec, I guarantee you he wouldn't be making that there.

[giblets]

Quebec doesn't have an equivalent of Goldman Sachs? Quelle surprise. Or whatever it the French word for surprise is.