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No! We had one (very close) friend ask a few weeks ago and I answered but I really wasn't comfortable with it. I was raised that talking about money so candidly is inappropriate.
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Yeah sometimes. It makes me uncomfortable with a few friends, but with friends that earn similarly to us, it's no big deal.
One friend was saying once how she "didn't know anyone who made more than $XXX/year" and I had to quietly smile and back out of the conversation because she seemed to think that was an insane amount of money for a person to make, and we make a lot more than the amount she noted. It was super awkward.
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I've never had anyone ask.
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We're both teachers, and in my state it's embarrassingly low and currently talked about all the time, so everyone already knows.
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Yes, only once. One of my friends asked me and she said it so matter of factLy I answered. I eventually had to tell her on another job-related-but-non-of-her-business question she was making me uncomfortable.
I often wonder what our friends think we make because I am just as curious about them, but dare not ask!
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Not with DH (at all) but a few of my close friends and I are in the same field (self employed/went to school together) so we talk about invoicing clients/$$$ to make sure we are fair with industry standards. I also mentor students that are in school (take them on placements) and I am transparent with my fees as well as talk to them about what is an appropriate fee for a recent grad/years of experience. I don't want them to graduate and over charge people just because they "can" or because nobody told them any better.
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No one has ever asked me!
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@rahlyrah: same.
Social workers' pay doesn't fluctuate much so I'd have no problem sharing my income if a friend straight up asks (but I doubt anyone would).
DH is a business owner and he doesn't tell anyone, ever about his money. Nope. -
The only person I talk about salaries with is my best friend. We have known each other since we were 15, so we are very open with each other about everything.
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Some of our friends probably have a good idea what we make because they are in the same industry as DH. Our families also know but we don't talk about it unless aomeone asks.
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Nooooooooo. That can be pretty awkward if there is a big discrepancy between what the person and the asker make. I could see giving a range if someone was looking to get into the field and wanted to know what they could expect.
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No, but most of our friends tend to work the same kinds of jobs (DC gov't types), so it's pretty easy to guess or just look it up.
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People IRL will sometimes ask in a roundabout way because some of them have interviewed for jobs here and want to know about what to expect the pay to be. I don't mind telling them a mid-X range in that case. We are all in the same industry so we're usually close
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