If you could quit your job tomorrow and be financially okay, would you?

[garbon]

Before reading OP, I voted absolutely based on question. Then with stipulation on how much income it was, voted no way.

[derspiess]

Before reading OP, I voted absolutely based on question. Then with stipulation on how much income it was, voted no way.

Ditto.  My kids would hate me, and rightfully so.

[merithyn]

*snort*

What? I put an option in just for you!

[CountDeMoney]

I don't know, I'm too busy trying to figure out what the regional locality increase is to charge for hand jobs to do any more math today.

[Ideologue]

I was tremendously annoyed with the folks who think $50k (PPP index SC) is not enough to live on.

Then again I made $45k last year.  Hmm.  OK.  You have a point.

Get a two-income household though and blast that to $100k?  That's aristo livin'.

[garbon]

Get a two-income household though and blast that to $100k?  That's aristo livin'.

Where you are maybe.

[Zanza]

When I say "financially okay", I don't mean that you've won the lottery or that you get a full-pay retirement package. I mean that you would be pulling in about 4 times the poverty line and would stay at that rate until you died.

Would you leave your job?

Poverty here is defined as having less than 60% of the average net income, which for a single is about 950 Euro. Living off 240% of the average net income, i.e. 3800 Euro/month net is very comfortable here. That would actually put you among the top 10% or so of the population. So the only reasons not to take this would be the chance to earn even more (i.e. be among the top 5% or so) or boredom without a job.

[crazy canuck]

Whenever median family income reports come out for this area I wonder who the heck can live on that.

[Valmy]

If only I could just do it until I finished my degree.

[dps]

I mean that you would be pulling in about 4 times the poverty line and would stay at that rate until you died.

Do you mean stay at the dollar amount that's currently 4 times the poverty line, or stay at 4 times the poverty line?

[Ideologue]

Get a two-income household though and blast that to $100k?  That's aristo livin'.

Where you are maybe.

I was gonna say 8X the poverty line in NYC, but...

I looked it up--do they really not calculate poverty line by geographical location?  That's the stupidest fucking thing I've ever heard of.  What's the point?

[The Brain]

I mean that you would be pulling in about 4 times the poverty line and would stay at that rate until you died.

Do you mean stay at the dollar amount that's currently 4 times the poverty line, or stay at 4 times the poverty line?

Does it matter? When we're forced to engage in nuclear combat with the Commies 4 times the poverty line won't put food on your table.

[merithyn]

stay at 4 times the poverty line?

This

[Ideologue]

Does it matter? When we're forced to engage in nuclear combat with the Commies 4 times the poverty line won't put food on your table.

Who's "we"?

stay at 4 times the poverty line?

Actually a good point to be made is that--as garb illustrated obliquely--the poverty line is such an inadequate sum, and could become even more inadequate as time passes or depending upon your locale, I'd rather the OP just said "$11k in 2013 dollars."  Not bagging on you, Meri.  I thought it was a)higher and b)at least adjusted for geography, so the confusion was mine.

[garbon]

Get a two-income household though and blast that to $100k?  That's aristo livin'.

Where you are maybe.

I was gonna say 8X the poverty line in NYC, but...

I looked it up--do they really not calculate poverty line by geographical location?  That's the stupidest fucking thing I've ever heard of.  What's the point?

Actually apparently New York City has its own calculation. Still low though as it is 2 parent, 2 children on 31k is poor. NYT article then listed fed government says 22 for same family.