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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Mine is much less

Pops never went past 80k love that man

My dad's maximum annual income was something around $75k. This year I'm at around $175k base.

Elementary: $100K combined
College: $200K combined
Me: 120k TC (1 YOE)

Are you me?

My parents are teachers so….

My mom was a SAHM from the time my oldest sibling was born, so we lived as a family of 6 on my dad's income.

Elementary/middle school: ~$65k
High school through college: Ranging from $80-120k
At his retirement a decade ago: $160k
Note--that's all just salary, since bonuses were all over the place for him, ranging from years of no bonuses at the org level to ~40% bonuses.

I was a M2 making $165k when he retired, now making about 3x that.

Dad retired 10 years ago making 82k, mom was a housewife and have 3 other siblings. Don’t know how they did it, but we never had crunch times, not that I know of anyways. I’m at 4x TC at 10 yoe and still feel the pinch. And I don’t even have no one to support.

Guessing you live in NY/SF to be “feeling the pinch” at 300k+ TC?

Elementary/middle: 40k
High school: 55-60k
College: 25-65k
Now: 80-90k

Me:
Year 1 - 62k
Year 4 (almost) - 110k

Still trying to convince my parents we’re not poor anymore whenever they yell at me for buying something from the grocery store that’s not on sale but will be in a week hahah

Mom retired at inflation adjusted 80k, dad inflation adjusted 130k so 210k tc. I make 190k today and expect to pass 210k at the eoy cycle in aug.

Parent's combined TC when they both retired: $70k. My TC (4 years into my career): $130k

lol my dad makes like 40k and in his 60's.

I'm from poor family the tc home was 250 dollars per month ..

In the US? How?

Mine never got past the $35k mark. Inflation over 20 plus years needs to be factored in.

The most my mom ever made was 71k as a Nurse Assistant working 80 hours a week. Thank you ma ❤️😩

At 85k 2.5 YOE

Elementary: 150k
Middle school: 250k
High school: 350k
University: 500k+
All figures above are hhi

My parents TC prob peaked at $1M in a great year and hovers at $600k.

They made TC 45k their first year in this country. When I was born 6 years later they were NW 0. Don’t remember being wealthy or too well off as a kid because it slowly crept up. Now I understand more.

What do they do? Own a business?

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Elementary school - TC $80k
High school/college -TC $120k

1 YOE- $65k TC
11 YOE -$225 TC

However their PPP based on where they live still outstrips me. I am Hcol

My parents (dad was only income) TC peaked at 2M.

….still made me pay for my own college and I qualified for nothing because of their income.

How did you pay for college and where did you go?

Parents started at 60 combined. Now they’re at 325

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