I make 130K canadian in base salary a year, and manage a team of 15 sales people. If we hit our goals, I'll get up to $200K a year. My wife makes 65K a year, so jointly we are 200-265k a year. But between child care, we have 3 kids under 13, and taxes, mortgage (2k/month), food, etc we still feel a real squeeze. I can't imagine how families manage on much less, let alone sizeably less. How are families possibly surviving? Middle class at 200K a year – wtf?
I make 130K canadian in base salary a year, and manage a team of 15 sales people. If we hit our goals, I'll get up to $200K a year. My wife makes 65K a year, so jointly we are 200-265k a year. But between child care, we have 3 kids under 13, and taxes, mortgage (2k/month), food, etc we still feel a real squeeze. I can't imagine how families manage on much less, let alone sizeably less. How are families possibly surviving? Middle class at 200K a year – wtf?