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Yes, and I told her it was none of her business.

@illumina: Same. And then I told her it was none of her business.

@Espion: Haha! I told them what it was...I couldn't think of a reason not to. Oh well.

Nope, luckily, my parents haven't. Though they ask other things like car payments and rent/mortgage.

My sister and I had a discussion about how much we roughly make. I think we were both trying to figure out if the amount of schooling we had affected how much we make. One has a extra degree than the other. Though one of us works in the private and the other works in the public industry.

My dad noses around. I'm straight forward about my income, but DH owns his company and has amazing years and bad years. I know it drives my dad nuts to not know. Not for bad reasons, I just think he's really curious.

I think all of our parents know how much we each make. They also know how much out house costs.... This goes both ways though--DH knows the ins and pits of his parents finances and my mom always asks us (both of us$ financial advice.

My mom asked me over Facebook how much we paid for our new house and I ignored it. I don't think it's any of her business. So far she has never asked our income, but I know she knows roughly what we make.

My dad handled my taxes until I got married 7 years ago, so he knew up until that point. Now he has no idea what our combined income is and it will stay that way. The reason is I don't want to tell my parents and have my husband feel the same and tell his parents because his mom is a little too liberal with that information.

My parents have asked and I have told them it's none of their business

No, thankfully. I know my mother doesn't approve of how much my husband makes, so I'm glad she hadn't asked.

My dad did my taxes until I got married so he knew. I don't think he told my mom though. No one has ever asked us though. DH is open with his family and tell them how much our house is, how much we spent on our cars, that we decided to pay cash on them, etc.. but not details on savings and stuff. We figure cost of house is public record, and once you know what car someone has, you know it's general cost so there's nothing to hide for cost of those items.

No but I've told my parents how much we make. It's something I'm comfortable sharing with them. I don't know if my husband ever discussed his salary with his mom.

My parents don't talk to us about finances unless we bring it up. DH's parents talk about money constantly and are always asking how much we paid for things. It makes me uncomfortable.

@SleepyMonkey: same! I usually tell my mom anyway! She doesn't really ever ask though! And especially about DH's salary.

We support them financially and have no problems doing so, she knows we're comfortable.

Inlaws know too! Ballpark! Doesn't bother us! If anything we feel supported because they're so proud of us and happy that we are secure.

We talk about money with our families so they have an idea of what we make. We talk about savings, retirement, and stuff like that.

I tell my mom what I make because we are extremely open. I wouldn't tell my ILs and I would be upset if my husband told my ILs. They nose around in their own way and it would make things uncomfortable during interactions.

In both our families everyone knows what everyone makes - parents, siblings, etc. I don't think my parents ever specifically asked me 'What does B make', but they know what I make and I've volunteered our combined income to them. Vice versa with DH's family.
I don't know if it makes a difference that we all have similar enough combined salaries, but I can't see why I ever would withhold that info

We're pretty open about finances in our families. I know how much my parents, his parents, our siblings and their spouses make, and how much they paid for their houses. No big deal.

Many of us work for the government so about 15 people in our extended family have their name and annual salary printed in the newspaper each year, including myself and DH.

Absolutely not. DHs family talke way to open about it and openly judges; which makes me uncomfortable. There is no reason for my parents to know, so we don't share.

Though I just realized both my and DHs salary is easily available online, so I wonder if they've ever looked us up?

DHs family acts as though we are very rich, and although we are comfortable, we are by no means rich.