Wealth / Paid-only / Home Economics No. 21: First-Generation American Living in Brooklyn on $107k A six-figure salary isn’t enough for her to live her dream life. By Lindsey Stanberry / 18 Jan 2025
Wealth / Paid-only / Home Economics No. 20: Breadwinning Mother of 2 Earning $300k in the Bay Area And some resources for donating to support victims of the L.A. wildfires By Lindsey Stanberry / 14 Jan 2025
Wealth / Paid-only / Home Economics No. 19: A 20-Something Living in L.A. on $72k with $60k in Savings She started saving at 16 and is the primary breadwinner in her relationship By Lindsey Stanberry / 21 Dec 2024
Wealth / Paid-only / Home Economics No. 18: Trading a Six-Figure Tech Job for a Freelance Writing Career Taking a risk is easier when you can be on your partner’s health insurance plan By Lindsey Stanberry / 16 Dec 2024
Wealth / Paid-only / Home Economics No. 17: Single, 40, Laid Off, and Looking for Work in the Midwest $2,411 for the mortgage, $400 for groceries, $425 for health and dental insurance By Lindsey Stanberry and Melanie Ehrenkranz / 25 Nov 2024
Wealth / Paid-only / Home Economics No. 16: A Stay-at-Home Mom & a Medical Resident with 2 Kids Living on $77k a Year $975 for daycare, $1,289 for rent, $60 for hospital indemnity insurance By Lindsey Stanberry / 16 Nov 2024
Wealth / Paid-only / Home Economics No. 15: Married, 36, and Living in a $3-Million Brooklyn Brownstone on a $837k Joint Income $12,000 for the mortgage, $7,000 in childcare expenses By Lindsey Stanberry / 19 Oct 2024
Wealth / Paid-only / Home Economics No. 14: Married, 45, and Living Outside of Boston on a $151,000 joint income Spending more on daycare than the mortgage. By Lindsey Stanberry / 16 Oct 2024
Wealth / Paid-only / Home Economics No. 13: Single, 35, and Living at Home in Phoenix on $93,000 a Year What would you spend money on if your parents still paid all your bills? By Lindsey Stanberry / 25 Sep 2024
Wealth / Paid-only / Home Economics No. 12: A Software Engineer and Stay-at-Home Dad Raising 3 Kids on $205k in the Bay Area They spend summers abroad because it’s cheaper than summer camp for 3 kids By Lindsey Stanberry / 21 Sep 2024
Wealth / Paid-only / Home Economics No. 11: Independent Insurance Adjusters Living Full-Time in Their RV on $9,100 a Month Storm chasing in Texas with a four-year-old and two big dogs! By Lindsey Stanberry / 17 Aug 2024
Wealth / Paid-only / Home Economics No. 10: A Tenured Professor Living Upstate on $94k a Year The childless cat lady edition By Lindsey Stanberry / 7 Aug 2024