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DH, even more so now that I'm on mat leave!!

We make almost the exact same, but I think I'll pass him up in March. He used to make quite a bit more than me, but I've caught up over the past three years!

I do... by a lot. My DH is a full time PhD student and the work that he does (as a TA and recording tech) barely covers his school expenses. He simply doesn't have time to work on top of that. We have been very, very lucky, however, that he has gotten huge scholarships for both his masters and PhD so we have to pay only a few thousand each year for tuition. I guess if you consider that his scholarships have saved us over 100k in tuition/fees it kind of balances out

He used to make more than me when we first met but recently I have surpassed him by about 10%. It is likely going forward that I will continue to out earn him, but it will never be by a huge margin.

We both earn about the same, just a $3K difference in salaries. His paycheck is more than double mine though, because I have better benefits so I have insurance, 401Ks, etc deducted from mine and he has no deductions.

DH earns 4 times what I do. When we first started dating I was the bread winner.

I used to make more but my income was inconsistent and it highly depends on the market (I am a freelancer). DH's fulltime job provides us health insurance. Now after LO, I make less because I can't afford to work as much as I used to.

Hubs is killing it at work right now so he's blowing me out of the water. I just changed positions though and should hopefully see a decent increase in my own earnings soon as well.

We are about even. So DH likes to poke fun at my 401k. Mine hasn't done as well as his. I always remind him if he adds on my IRA we are back to being even.

DH makes more but not by much.

We make almost exactly the same amount - but my husband theoretically only works nine months of the year and has summers off, and I work year round for the same amount of money.

(He does end up working most of the summer, but on a very flexible schedule.)

DH doubles mine based on salary. Close to triple when you add bonuses in.

I had to get out my calculator for this one! I made slightly more than DH (about 56% of our income). He is going back to school to pursue nursing, and when he graduates he'll double his current salary.

Of course, there's two years of no salary before that happens, but I'm trying to focus on the light at the end of the tunnel!

My DH is definitely the bacon-bringer haha. When we started dating I made more but he's gotten promotions and raises and I haven't. So at the moment he makes about 1/3 more than I do. Add to that the fact that I have insane law school loans that we pay back, and that he carries all of our health benefits--- and he definitely got the short end of the marital money stick. Plus he's in school now for his MBA so once he gets that he'll prob be making even more.

Honestly, we're both happy with the way things are. Obviously we wish I had less loans and that I made more-- who wouldn't? But I don't feel badly about it. I'm so happy for my DH that he has found a job he likes, that values him and rewards him for his hard work. And we're both grateful that he has the more lucrative and promising job because he actually loves his work and I hate mine. It would be much more stressful on us if I was the breadwinner and was so unhappy at work.