pixiewink

[QUOTE=Charismatic;10758978]Poor thing, not on a telephone digit salary?

No Charismatic....think i must have taken a wrong turn somewhere

BEVS

They are & do . We get by on far less , although we don't have children and now have no mortgage. It is restrictive however.

Best to budget for the one actual main wage as the partner may not find work. Just a thought.

shocked kiwi

Nz is a low wage economy but the living costs are among the highest in the world.. You do need a salary of at least $100-150k to have a reasonable to live comfortably but no one gets paid that - many kiwis struggle as the median wage is only $40k so the govt is providing free breakfasts in schools as well as shoes etc for those that can't manage.- there is a growing child poverty problem here.

pixiewink

Well said shocked kiwi

lapsed kiwi

Erm, wrong, I do and so do many of my colleagues. Should have got better qualifications perhaps?

lisamct

Yep, I was also in that wage bracket before I chose to take a lower paid job so it cant be that un common (and I'm in a pretty regular type job)

jmh

My mum does, but she does crow about being in the top 6% or something.