# Household Income \[Private Poll) **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 19, 2012, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/household-income-private-poll/628740 "2012-07-19T16:40:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kmshrader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b782af/32.png) [@kmshrader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kmshrader)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2012, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/household-income-private-poll/628740/1 "2012-07-19T16:40:43Z")
Mods, feel free to shut me down since the other thread’s still there, but I’m curious about all the folks that refuse to vote in a public poll. EDIT: Geez, I posted too early and it doesn’t look like I can add a poll from the ‘Edit’ option. It would have said: Under 10,000 10k-20k 20k-30k 30k-50k 50k-75k 75k-100k 100k-150k 150k-200k 200k-250k 250k-350k 350k-500k 500k-750k 750k-1million 1million+ If it’s not possible for a moderator to add that, could you just delete the thread? Sorry for the bother. ---
**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2012, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/household-income-private-poll/628740/2 "2012-07-19T16:50:09Z")
You can add a poll to your thread at any time. Click on thread tools. ---
**Author:** ![kmshrader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b782af/32.png) [@kmshrader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kmshrader)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2012, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/household-income-private-poll/628740/3 "2012-07-19T16:54:35Z")
> [@Moonlitherial](#): > > You can add a poll to your thread at any time. > > Click on thread tools. Thanks very much! I never would have found that. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2012, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/household-income-private-poll/628740/4 "2012-07-19T17:09:05Z")
It’s a hell of a lot less than when we were both working, along the lines of 70K/yr instead of 250K. But we are no longer saving for retirement or paying off a mortgage, etc, so it’s more than ample. In three years of retirement, we haven’t touched retirement savings. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2012, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/household-income-private-poll/628740/5 "2012-07-19T17:11:13Z")
I retired a year ago, so my personal income dropped a lot. But due to my pension, our household income isn’t halved, thank goodness. We’ll see what happens when my spousal unit decides he’s had enough… ---
**Author:** ![MysteryFellow63427](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e4f/32.png) [@MysteryFellow63427](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysteryFellow63427)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2012, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/household-income-private-poll/628740/6 "2012-07-19T18:15:36Z")
I know this poll is private, but I just wanted to let everyone know that I’m the one person who has so far confessed to earning a million plus. But I’d trade it all for just a little more. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2012, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/household-income-private-poll/628740/7 "2012-07-19T18:34:51Z")
Gross, or adjusted gross? ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2012, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/household-income-private-poll/628740/8 "2012-07-19T18:53:26Z")
I voted but its misleading. I put down my gross income. I did not take into account my not yet finalized alimony and child support payments. So what I make on paper looks pretty good. What goes into my bank account looks pretty shitty. ---
**Author:** ![kushiel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbce88/32.png) [@kushiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kushiel)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2012, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/household-income-private-poll/628740/9 "2012-07-19T19:52:52Z")
I’m more interested in knowing individual income - I have no idea if the $200k - $250k is one rich person or a couple with really nice, but not totally out of this world incomes. ---
**Author:** ![The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_wind_of_my_soul)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2012, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/household-income-private-poll/628740/10 "2012-07-19T20:06:10Z")
> [@kushiel](#): > > I’m more interested in knowing individual income - I have no idea if the $200k - $250k is one rich person or a couple with really nice, but not totally out of this world incomes. Oh wow you just brightened my day considerably. I was reading this as though it were people individual incomes! ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/household-income-private-poll/628740/11 "2012-07-20T00:08:29Z")
> [@kushiel](#): > > I’m more interested in knowing individual income - I have no idea if the $200k - $250k is one rich person or a couple with really nice, but not totally out of this world incomes. I put down our household income, as the poll indicated. Not my own individual income, which would be considerably less. I guess we fall into the category of “a couple with really nice, but not totally out ofthis world incomes.”