What were your parents TC at various stages of your life and how do you compare?

Elementary/middle school: 75-150k

High school/college: 200-250k

Me: 120k TC (1 YOE)

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I think my family‘s max HHI was like 130k - but they taught me all my values and knew so much about life.

Truly shows how little $ say about a person

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I paid more in taxes last year than my parents grossed in their last 10 working years.

They started working at 16 and 17.

They live in a house I bought them.

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Alright now you have to share your comp stats. Also congrats!

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They never cracked $750k tc?

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🤦‍♂️ thanks Associate

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Former Soviet Republic:
Elementary/middle: $3,000 (lower middle class)
High school: $2,000 (mom lost her job, sht’s got harder)
Me now: 120k (2 YOE), $0 student debt, supporting my parents

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Thanks, M3.

BAH 2, I can’t recognize where that quote is from lol

My parents never cracked 30k

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Same

Asking your parents’ TC is a weird dinner table conversation

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Not for us Indians haha 😛

How do you guys know your parents income? I asked once when i was probably 8 or 9 years old, and they told me it wasn’t my business and I never asked again since.

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At some point I just overheard it and then when I started working I was supplementing their income

You’re not adjusting for inflation. Their $200k is not our $200k. Also, the COL was way lower, even factoring in inflation.

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I never got to know my parents TC

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Plot twist. C1's dad was Heisenberg

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Your size will always fall short compared to one that created you 🤷🏻‍♂️

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Dad - CEO 20M
Mom - VP 400k
Me - 🥜.!

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Oh man- really? Tough shoes to fill

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Elementary school ~60k
Middle school ~60k
High school ~80k
College/now ~100k

NYC. We lived just fine.

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Dad's final annual comp at retirement (inflation adjusted) - $250K
Mom's final annual comp at retirement
(inflation adjusted) - $75K

They both came from poverty and worked their tails off. Funnily, we never lived "rich" - all of my siblings and I went to public school, ate often at home and rarely out, and also applied for every grant and scholarship possible to graduate without debt.

My TC currently - $180K
Parents now run their own small business, their current TC - $100K

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What is your YOE?

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My parents TC 375k
Me and my wife 150 TC at 24

Both parents came from African American low income households!

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Oh dang, good for your parents!

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Elementary/Middle School: $2-3M

High School: $12-15M

Me: $460k (Passive income from properties + BCG wage)

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Curious to see if most of us are surpassing our parents or performing worse financially

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I’m making 40k less than my dad who’s in the same industry with 25 more years of experience than I do.

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My parents never made over 40k...ever. That's accounting for inflation.

I'm at 120k, 5 years into my consulting career. The American dream is alive.

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My parents never cracked 100k but retired early and own multiple homes in LA. They are doing just fine. High TC isn't the only way to live.

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Tc of my parents 50k
My tc at 15, 500k

Am I doing fishbowl correctly?

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