$82,000/year to live comfortably in Denver.

Yeah all this talk is certainly helping my decision to get the hell out of here.

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Originally Posted by Irving

After taxes and health insurance, I brought home just over 50% of what my documents say i make every year.

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Yep me too.

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Originally Posted by Irving

After taxes and health insurance, I brought home just over 50% of what my documents say i make every year.

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Oh yeah, I forgot the health/dental/vision insurance contributions, and Union dues I'm forced to pay for the privilege of working for my employer, even though I'm no longer on the roster (f'd up situation unique to my field of work), all said and done I'm in that same boat, but didn't include the stuff outside of what everyone that works has to pay. It's fricken nutz.

Definitely depends on the area, but to live in the general Denver metro area it seems realistic.

lets just say my wife makes about 40k a year and we found out that because of higher tax brackets and what not we only MADE 7k more with her working versus her not. needless to say, when we had our baby she's now staying at home.

I'm so glad I don't have to live in Denver on only $82k/yr.

Ouch 82k frickin hurts around and in denver. It's expensive.

Must be 82k after tax? I know the apartment we brought power to next to union station is charging 2k for 850 some ought sqft. I know I make enough where my wife didn't work but it doesn't leave us with a whole lot extra.

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Originally Posted by tmckay2

lets just say my wife makes about 40k a year and we found out that because of higher tax brackets and what not we only MADE 7k more with her working versus her not. needless to say, when we had our baby she's now staying at home.

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Pretty amazing how that works out, huh? When my first wife became ill and couldn't work full-time, I did the math and it didn't really hurt us financially. Most of what she made was being consumed by taxes.

As most of you know we recently moved back from NC. We're still searching for the right house. From what we've found, anywhere close to the major population centers is either affordable but extremely shitty, or not terrible (though not great) and ridiculously expensive, and anywhere with a nice location and at a relatively reasonably price is at least 30-45min away.
For what we paid for the 3 bed, 2 full bath house on 22 acres we had in NC, we can afford a fucking apartment here in CO. The cost of living here is definitely significantly higher.