What is the average income of RW seekers on this board?

[Jet]

In the end there is no money saved IMHE.. only reallocation of your remaining disposable income.

Been my experience as well. After 3 years the financial burden has started to ease up, but we currently have my father-in-law as a guest in our home and his three week visit is going to end up running us as much as if we flew back there for a visit. The phone bill isn't going to ease up, nor the usual day to day expenses (they'll increase), nor the travel costs if you're only making 1 or 2 trips a year now. Then add the gov't fees (can't get sh!t done for less than $170 at a shot), extra clothing, extra auto/maint./fuel/insurance, etc...

[El Rock]

I still like Richards idea of a group of us pooling resources and buying an entire village to be used as a little bit of home away from home....

Yeah , and we can hire only  beautiful women  to  clean , cook  ,  landscape ,
do all the chores   , it would be paradise

[ScottinCrimea]

Sorry about the typos in my post. It seems my keyboard is a bit sticky.

(Note to myself to stop watching those movies on my laptop)

[Totoro]

I'm currently in one of the two lower income ranges (may vary quite a bit, as I'm self-employed). But I think those figures mostly refer to USA way of living... for italian standards, my income is not bad (ranging from 1,2x to 2x the income of my father, teacher in high school). Several of my friends are married or thinking to get married with similar or lower incomes...
Therefore, I believe I could support an hypothethic wife for 12-18 months, but living surely isn't going to be as easy as it is now. That's the main reason I'm looking for a woman with no children. I like them, but for a couple years a baby or a child would ruin the balance... better wait a bit, if possible.
It all depends on the woman, after all... I HOPE that a good Russian/Ukrainian woman will understand the situation and be willing to live a happy but modest life until things get started, she finds a job she likes, we get really used to each other, and so on.

[viking]

Note to Scott. Use clear plastic keyboard covers. 

[Jet]

I HOPE that a good Russian/Ukrainian woman will understand the situation and be willing to live a happy but modest life until things get started, she finds a job she likes, we get really used to each other, and so on.

Hope is a good thing, but be SURE to discuss it when the time is appropriate. Like it or not, you, your bank account, and your "stuff" are a package deal. Very few women are honestly willing to trade "down"

[DKMM]

Yeah you better have your finances in order to make this work.  I mean, you need a decent bankroll just to meet someone.  And there is no point in pretending you are rich, most girls can tell and even if you succeeded the gig would be up when she comes back with you.

I don't see why you could not find someone though even on a middle class income, but like Jet says she won't want to trade down.  But middle class in the West is still far above middle class in Ukraine.  I think a lot depends on your living situation too, like if you own your own home and such.