Taxes aren't that high even if you are under the standard deduction. Assuming you are married here as you are taking about kids. Fed + fica is 21% combined. St

Taxes aren't that high even if you are under the standard deduction. Assuming you are married here as you are taking about kids. Fed + fica is 21% combined. State is 6%. Imputing sales tax doesn't make sense either - rent isn't subject to it. Take home is a bit north of $200k. Yeah, that's affluent here. Not upper class, but solidly upper middle.