Megan Merchant
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Saturday 06 June 2026 20:24:21 GMT
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Katelyn Dodd :
We’re in WA too. Family of 5 (but one is a baby under one). We have my husbands single income of just under 100K and live fairly comfortably. We just budget, live below our means & save up for things we want.
2026-06-06 21:39:10
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Brittany Rainwater :
family of 5 in wa, husband makes around $150k and im around $36k. we live comfortably but still can be a struggle. we also suck at budgeting lol
2026-06-08 02:51:36
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shay🦇 :
That’s kinda how it is here too! We’re a single income family of 4 making $104 annually. Feels crazy that even with “all that money” it feels like it doesn’t do much😅😂
2026-06-06 21:00:12
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Maggie Bee. :
Seriously, How are we doing it? Cause Same!! I’m gonna have to say $175,000 yearly to live comfortably.
2026-06-09 17:28:35
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Alexis :
Generational wealth
2026-06-14 00:36:07
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Lisa Bell257 :
I feel like it was 2021-2022 checking out at the grocery store and was shocked at my grocery bill. We are in Wa too!! I feel like it is now 150-200k if you want to do anything extra.
2026-06-08 02:20:12
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Taylor :
My husband just worked 80 hrs this week so we can afford to live here 😅 things are crazy out here
2026-06-16 17:50:40
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shandrarude :
Family of 8 in Washington, my husband and kids are from tribe in washington. we cant go anywhere else
2026-06-19 23:14:13
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Marie :
We live in Pierce County and make 175k have a mortgage, 2 kids, and 2 car payments we are good. Even prior to my husband’s 30k raise we were doing well too. We also don’t eat out a lot I buy groceries on the cheap, and prioritize savings. We also don’t try and keep up with the “jones”
2026-06-17 00:22:41
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Holly :
I'm a family of 7 and I'm the only one working right now and I don't even break 30k we're not okay here in Washington
2026-06-07 20:01:27
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Katasha :
my hubs made 97k, we own a house in Eastern WA with 1 car payment and no other large debts anymore
2026-06-06 21:18:59
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Luna Rose :
Alaska. Between 75k base and 105k with a family of 3…sometimes. My husband works out of MO and then deploys.
2026-06-06 21:18:40
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MsPsycotic :
$2700 housing, $650 electric/gas/trash (well water), $400 phones and internet, $650 food, $1000 auto fuel/insurance (cars are paid off 2018 models), $250 streaming subscriptions, $1000 to savings. $6650 * 12 =$79,800.00 This would be bare minimum for our home. This doesn’t include activities, school meals or booster club donations, trips to the theater or hair appointments. Also, I no longer have children in daycare. The last one was in an in-home, unlicensed babysitter situation for about $750 x 12 =$9,000.00 more per year. $100k per year would be bare minimum these days for Western Washington.
2026-06-07 14:56:25
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Mom in the Middle :
We live in WA, family of 5, My husband makes 100k, we own a house on an acre, my kids go to private preschool, we have no debt, and we live comfortably. It’d be nice to have more to put away in savings but I certainly don’t feel like we are hurting at all, thankfully.
2026-06-11 14:01:19
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White_Pony787 :
I'm in pierce county, family of 5, and make around 160k/yr. we're comfortable. however, we also don't have car payments and work opposite shifts so we never needed childcare. we also bought our house at a good time, i dont think we'd be as comfortable if we had to add in any of the above...
2026-06-11 00:31:17
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Sarah Daro :
We make 250k on a family of 5. We live in Vegas. We could realistically make it on 140 probably. But that would be minimal savings no car payments all meals at home. We do send our kids to private school so that skews the number I guess. We bought our house at a good time with a sub 3 interest rate so that’s great. I just went to Costco for the month and it was 550 and we will still need stuff. Everything is expensive. Our electric bill for summer will be close to 700 dollars
2026-06-06 21:16:10
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mama lyss 🪿🩷🌻✨ :
We are a fam of 5 in WA and make about $50k a year 😅 we struggle for sure
2026-06-06 21:36:33
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