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Originally Posted by Jamroll
Also, I don't know what the tax is like in the US (I hear it's pretty low compared to ours), but in the UK, after tax, a £100k salary gives you take-home pay of around £60-65k.
I also just realised that due to the exchange rate, 100k US is only about 50k sterling. Don't get me wrong, 50k is a good salary, it's more than the overwhelming majority of the population will ever get, but.... yeah, it's not exactly minted.
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Yeah, and if you have a mortgage, a car, and a couple of kids things can get pretty tight, and that's before you even go anywhere near utility and food bills. This is assuming there is only one breadwinner in the family.