Comments on: Bloggers Who Disclose Their Income

By: Mr. Stokes

Mr. Stokes — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 11:39:13 +0000

I’ve been disclosing my income since I started blogging.

By: Monroe on a budget

Monroe on a budget — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 17:30:26 +0000

It did take me by surprise to see how many pf bloggers go into details about their debts, income, net worth. I think there was a New York Times article on that about a year ago.
Then again, a lot of bloggers are writing under screen names.
I have an unusual arrangement: I’m blogging as part of my newspaper job, under my newspaper byline, and everybody knows what town I live and work in.
I figure my readers, especially the local ones, can pretty much guess what our household income bracket is based on the references I make to our lifestyle and my family.

By: Beany

Beany — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 16:45:14 +0000

I don't blog primarily about personal finance, but I have discussed my income and my networth is available on networthiq. I currently live in Philadelphia. I am more interested in a holistic view on living which is what I focus on in my blog.

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Tracking My Finances in April: Day 16 | How I Save Money.net — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 21:27:17 +0000

[...] by an email from a reader. I actually got listed in a post by Tight Fisted Mister who wrote about Bloggers Who Disclose Their Income a few days [...]

By: Mom @ Wide Open Wallet

Mom @ Wide Open Wallet — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 20:55:56 +0000

I want to disclose my income but it’s really my husband’s income and he feels weird about that, so I leave it out. Although since I pretty much disclose how we spend every dime. So if someone really wanted to figure it out they probably could. I have disclosed MY income, the whole $100 a month I earn!

By: Tight Fisted Miser

Tight Fisted Miser — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:29:40 +0000

Enough Wealth- I don’t consider any investment returns income until I cash them out unless they’re guaranteed. The definition of income can be flexible.

Flexo- I have seen your monthly updates before but forgot about them. Thanks for reminding me.

By: Flexo

Flexo — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:47:15 +0000

I’ve been disclosing my full income and expenses — as well as my net worth — online for a long time now.

By: Enough Wealth

Enough Wealth — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 10:41:49 +0000

I wouldn’t know what to post for “income” each month I calculate my NW daily as all my investment accounts are priced daily online, so it’s easy to post monthly NW figures. Income is a lot more difficult to pin down – I get a salary, but I “salary sacrifice” around half of it into my SMSF (retirement fund) to save taxes; I get dividend income, but since I use gearing via my margin loans this figure isn’t really “income” as it’s balanced out with my margin loan interest payments. For me, net worth is a more concrete figure (although it’s not a precise quantity since I include estimates of my real estate, and don’t try to estimate tax liability or brokerage costs that would arise if I liquidated my investments).

By: Lulugal11

Lulugal11 — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 02:25:26 +0000

Thanks for listing me here TFM. I actually do a daily income and expense post every other month (because I do like to give my readers a break from my mundane finances….but when I stop they email me and ask me to continue posting) in addition to all my how i save money posts.

I do not post the last day of the month because that is the day I actually get paid and I don’t want to disclose my salary (yet…now when I start raking in the big dough as a blogger that will change!!!)

By: Tight Fisted Miser

Tight Fisted Miser — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 21:01:54 +0000

Sick of Debt- Thanks for sharing. I can understand you not wanting your coworkers knowing what you make.