NYC to 200k Forum

[Anonymous User]

I dont know if i would call it a luxury if you have to dry clean your clothes and the clothes you have to wear to work are dry clean only.

[Anonymous User]

I dont know if i would call it a luxury if you have to dry clean your clothes and the clothes you have to wear to work are dry clean only.

i wash my shirts in the washing machine and then iron them. are u seriously wearing suits every day?

[hoos89]

I dont know if i would call it a luxury if you have to dry clean your clothes and the clothes you have to wear to work are dry clean only.

Maybe you should consider working for a firm that isn't Jones Day.

[Anonymous User]

It definitely depends on where you live. Right now take home is about 8k a month in NYC. Subtract 3k for rent (for an okay 1br) and 2.5k for student loans and i have 30k a year left over. Which is a lot until you consider the fact i dont have time to do anything for myself. So dry cleaning and food add up to another 400-500 a month. In my budget i have about $500 of disposable income a month after all of my random expenses. I would call that middle class.

Put me in a low cost of living state and i can buy a 4+ bedroom for 3k a month. Or have way more disposable income. Not to mention the lower taxes. That is easily upper middle.

We have a ton of cash coming in, but most people have a ton of cash going out, too.

How do you only make around 8k after taxes? Seems like you're paying too much in taxes. And why are you paying 3K for rent? There's other boroughs too besides Manhattan... You could easily get another 1K/month from your paycheck if you planned a little. Speaking from personal experience

[Anonymous User]

Is there a chance Boston firms don’t match? Would look very bad if Ropes, Wilmer and Goodwin can’t even match Proskauer in Boston.

[Anonymous User]

I dont know if i would call it a luxury if you have to dry clean your clothes and the clothes you have to wear to work are dry clean only.

Having a job that requires you to wear (and affords you the opportunity to own) dry cleaning only clothes is a pretty good indicator of status...

[Anonymous User]

can we get a list of what shit ass firms require suits? is it just jones day?

[Anonymous User]

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[Anonymous User]

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[ftbchamp231]

It definitely depends on where you live. Right now take home is about 8k a month in NYC. Subtract 3k for rent (for an okay 1br) and 2.5k for student loans and i have 30k a year left over. Which is a lot until you consider the fact i dont have time to do anything for myself. So dry cleaning and food add up to another 400-500 a month. In my budget i have about $500 of disposable income a month after all of my random expenses. I would call that middle class.

Put me in a low cost of living state and i can buy a 4+ bedroom for 3k a month. Or have way more disposable income. Not to mention the lower taxes. That is easily upper middle.

We have a ton of cash coming in, but most people have a ton of cash going out, too.

How do you only make around 8k after taxes? Seems like you're paying too much in taxes. And why are you paying 3K for rent? There's other boroughs too besides Manhattan... You could easily get another 1K/month from your paycheck if you planned a little. Speaking from personal experience

How far away are you living from the office for 2k a month?

[Anonymous User]

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[Anonymous User]

TX to $210k. Who's with me? Need to get to that upper-middle class status.

[Anonymous User]

I believe DPW and White & Case are business formal

DPW is business casual

[Anonymous User]

It definitely depends on where you live. Right now take home is about 8k a month in NYC. Subtract 3k for rent (for an okay 1br) and 2.5k for student loans and i have 30k a year left over. Which is a lot until you consider the fact i dont have time to do anything for myself. So dry cleaning and food add up to another 400-500 a month. In my budget i have about $500 of disposable income a month after all of my random expenses. I would call that middle class.

Put me in a low cost of living state and i can buy a 4+ bedroom for 3k a month. Or have way more disposable income. Not to mention the lower taxes. That is easily upper middle.

We have a ton of cash coming in, but most people have a ton of cash going out, too.

How do you only make around 8k after taxes? Seems like you're paying too much in taxes. And why are you paying 3K for rent? There's other boroughs too besides Manhattan... You could easily get another 1K/month from your paycheck if you planned a little. Speaking from personal experience

How far away are you living from the office for 2k a month?

Queens. Like 20 min commute from office.

[thelastlaugh]

How far away are you living from the office for 2k a month?

South Jersey. But lives in the office Monday-Thurs.

[Anonymous User]

I believe DPW and White & Case are business formal

DPW is business casual

Same anon as above: my b, fixed it.

[Anonymous User]

can we get a list of what shit ass firms require suits? is it just jones day?

I believe DPW and White & Case are business formal

This isn't correct.

[Anonymous User]

Relevant: http://www.businessinsider.com/middle-c ... sco-2018-2

Fair. But defining middle class as a percentage of median income means the same definition equates to a shittier and shittier lifestyle as more and more wealth is concentrated at the very tippy top.

Sorry I really don't understand how you can argue that "middle class" should be divorced from median incomes with a straight face..

Nobody’s saying divorced. The point is that middle class isn’t what it used to be, lifestyle wise. As an example, folks all across the country used to be able to buy a decent home while earning a middle-class salary. That’s no longer true in many (most?) places.

ETA: which is why, I think, you have folks ITT claiming to feel middle class while earning $200k+

[Anonymous User]

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[Anonymous User]

Wtf are Skadden, Latham, etc. doing. Let's go biiittccheesss.

[Anonymous User]

https://abovethelaw.com/2018/06/first-f ... pay-scale/

Holwell Shuster & Goldberg matched scale and bonus


If your firm doesn't match the bonus you are clearly a middle class lawyer

[Anonymous User]

Wtf are Skadden, Latham, etc. doing. Let's go biiittccheesss.

DPW probably waiting for S&C and/or waiting until Thursday so it doesn’t look like we’re following CSM as eagerly as we actually are

[Anonymous User]

https://abovethelaw.com/2018/06/first-f ... pay-scale/

Holwell Shuster & Goldberg matched scale and bonus


If your firm doesn't match the bonus you are clearly a middle class lawyer

Congrats Holwell, never heard of you but today we know your name.

[Anonymous User]

https://abovethelaw.com/2018/06/first-f ... pay-scale/

Holwell Shuster & Goldberg matched scale and bonus


If your firm doesn't match the bonus you are clearly a middle class lawyer

Congrats Holwell, never heard of you but today we know your name.

I think they're new but legit. College friend who was smart just ended up there.

[Anonymous User]

Wtf are Skadden, Latham, etc. doing. Let's go biiittccheesss.

DPW probably waiting for S&C and/or waiting until Thursday so it doesn’t look like we’re following CSM as eagerly as we actually are

The email today about interior offices was a nice touch.