How much do you make? is it a rude question?

I earn approx 22usd per hr. I could have asked for more, but I'd rather have clients I like working for. Min 33hrs a week but it's usually 40. Being self employed/contractor does mean if I don't work, I don't earn, but I think it's worth it.

My outgoing costs aren't too high...insurance and education comes in under 500 a year...travel is about 40 a week...miscellaneous deductibles prob 150-200 a year, depends. Tax is 500-600ish a month iirc. Idk, I have a good accountant. Not bad all up, I'm happy.

I feel telling everyone how much you can put you at risk... If you make a lot of money, you can become a target for thieves and scammers.

If you make very little money, people look down on you and don't respect you.

So I won't tell you how much money I have exactly, but I will say I'm doing good. I sell cars for a living and have my own small business. On Saturdays I have a part-time job driving a bus for extra spending cash. I don't really need the weekend job, but I do it cause it's fun, easy and I get 500 Euro a month I'm free to waste on whatever I want.

I live in a 3 room, 70 square meter apartment with my girlfriend (I rent it)
I don't have any loans to pay off, I own 4 older cars (3 Mercedes from the 2000s and a 1984 BMW) and one newer 2017 C350e Mercedes. I'm financing the C350e.

So I'm not poor, but I'm also not mansion and flybridge yachts rich... Doing ok.

Parents are rich and I still am relying on them a lot financially but I definitely make less than 20k a year. Probably around 5-7k right now maybe more since I just got a raise :)

I was always taught that this question is extremely rude. Similarly I was always taught that asking someone how much their house is worth is very rude (or even whether they own or rent). However I have noticed that younger generations seem to be much more open about this. I think it's just one of those things that has shifted over time.

This is a question that deems inappropriate in a lot of conversations.

Unemployment in the UK is £318 a month, but the first month's payment is classed as a loan so you end up with like 260 after repayments

When you poor: how rude
When you rich: oh I make...
when you wealthy: more then I can spend

Did 1.9 million in Rubles this year, which is somewhere in the 30k range of usd. 70 hours on duty with 5 days on base a week. No idea how much I paid in taxes, partner handles that.

Mortgage is paid off, cars are paid off, no insurance costs, no education bills, phone and internet is free, 80% of our food is hunted or grown by us or our neighbors leftover crops, no water bill.

Only pay for electricity and gas for the house, animal care costs, court bills, and the girlfriend’s tooth doctor (forgot the English word) schooling. Honestly no clue how much money I have or where it goes, I have her figure that out

People should talk more often about how much they’re paid.

It's not a rude question, it's one that leaves people vulnerable both on the lower end and upper end. If you make a lot, you open yourself up to thieves. If you make little, you open yourself up to vultures who could take advantage.

I work 3 jobs plus a side gig, that's all anyone needs to know.

80+k. UPS feeder driver

75c a minute in the job I'm contracted to; $1.50 a minute when I'm working for myself, plus Disability Support Pension. That's Australian currency, by the way.

Only if someone is going to live with you then it's okay,it's none of your concern otherwise.

I would think no one would want to answer because -

If you make little, it is embarrassing and people say, "I do not see how you make it..."

If you make at least a fair income, people will either ask to borrow money OR make a remark like "You make (however much) but all you have is that old house/car/etc?"

In most cases, someone's finances is just not a good topic to ask about.