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Old 12-20-2013, 08:42 AM   #18
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Originally Posted by darklord700 View Post
Yeah, $100K doesn't buy you much these days. After tax and saving for retirement, your take home pay will be about $5K or so a month. If you are a single earner with 2 kids, a big house, 2 cars. $5K take home pay isn't much. But this is the world we live in.
Median total household income in Alberta is $89k; the national average is $72k.

Source: http://www.statcan.gc.ca/tables-tabl...il108a-eng.htm

Note that the majority of Canadian households are dual-income, so one can infer that the average salary for individuals is significantly lower than $100k.
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