I'm back! Although I did change my forum name (Previously FrozenBits).
Holy shit a lot has happened over the last 6 months. We went to one income for my job change and then moved down to Washington. Then I learned that I hated the new job, mostly because of the type of work I was doing and working remotely 100% of the time. Turns out I like being around people.
Ended up getting another job that has been amazing so far. Great work and great people but it's a 3-4 hour daily commute. Then my wife got a job within 10 miles of where I work and her commute ended up being 4-5 hours a day. We just got under contract on a house that's about 6 bikeable miles away from my job and a much easier 16-mile commute for my wife. Between the two of us, our commutes should go from 7-8 hours a day to 1-2 hours a day.
After the job changes, our base salaries are up about 21% between the two of us but our housing costs drastically increased as well. It came down to paying more for a house close to work in an area we love vs housing that was 30% cheaper and keeping the commute. In the end, we believe the quality of life improvement will be worth the cost.
Going forward we are going to shoot for a savings rate of 20-40% while working to get our salaries as high as possible over the next several years. We are both at fairly entry-level positions so we believe there is really good opportunity for salary growth.
End Of
2014-Q1: $55,471
2014-Q2: $78,319 (+22,848)
2014-Q3: $84,251 (+5,932)
2014-Q4: $106,801 (+22,550)
2015-Q1: $126,464 (+19,663)
2015-Q2: $145,996 (+19,532)
2015-Q3: $151,957 (+5,961)
2015-Q4: $203,486 (+51,529)
2016-Q1: $217,931 (+14,445)
2016-Q2: $233,784 (+15,853)
2016-Q3: $255,000 (+21,216)
2016-Q4: $276,375 (+21,375)
2017-Q1: $306,936 (+30,561)
2017-Q2: $332,258 (+25,319)
2017-Q3: $366,219 (+33,961)
2017-Q4: $368,051 (+1,832)
2018-Q1: $375,665 (+7,614)
Current: $390,476 (+14,811)
Glad to be back!