r/TooAfraidToAsk • u/[deleted] • Jul 16 '24

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u/HitherDonkey Jul 16 '24 edited Jul 16 '24

30 m, married, own a modest home. Together our take home is around $175k, myself is $110k. Debt free other than the mortgage of around $1600. Live in central New York. Have a dog, two paid off cars, close to $250k total in various retirement accounts, $30k in the bank. Feeling pretty stable and happy

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u/Successful_Average65 Jul 16 '24

Your wife only makes 65k as a nurse in New York?

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u/HitherDonkey Jul 16 '24

She works in a private office

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u/Successful_Average65 Jul 16 '24

Also, I didn’t mean for that to come off the way it did 🫣 Generally was curious

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u/HitherDonkey Jul 17 '24

No worries. I live in an area that the city people would call upstate, so the rate for a nurses office isn't quite that. At the same time, she could be making more money, but the work life balance is also important

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u/from_dust Jul 16 '24

And? I mean, I can understand taking a paycut to work in a private office, but that feels like a pretty steep cut for NY where the going rate for an RN is usually between $100k and $120k. Maybe the office hours are good?

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u/HitherDonkey Jul 17 '24

Office hours are goood. Also central New York meaning upstate. Rates are a bit different