Dad has accepted a new job, at a larger salary than he is currently making. But, he’s not likely to get any bonuses like he does for his current company. We’ll be losing 5% of company match in our retirement accounts and 3% of his salary, but the savings of benefits/health care almost makes up for it. Instead of the $260/mth HSA plan we’re on now, we’ll be on the $75/mth HSA plan (unfortunately, new (higher) deductibles 🙁 ). We’re continuing the HSA plan this year to not have tax headaches next March, but the following year, we’ll have $130/mth PPO coverage – for all three of us.
We’re holding off on any budgeting decisions until I see what his first paycheck is (end of May), but we’ll likely be putting more aside into a Roth or our taxable account (with less tax advantaged money to reduce our AGI, we might be over the limit on Roths rather than just under it), and maxing out our HSA again this year. Not sure we’ll be putting aside as much as we initially planned this year, but we might be!
His company is based in Europe, and the benefits show it. Other than the retirement being “normal”, the remaining benefits are amazing – if it were just Dad, he wouldn’t be paying anything at all. We’ll also remain “healthcare agnostic”, which is important in Pittsburgh thanks to the big fight between UPMC and Highmark/Allegheny Health Network (AGH). We’ve been seeing mostly AGH doctors (because a AGH hospital is closest to us), but the option to see UPMC doctors is nice, and if we went with my healthcare, we’d be going UPMC (it’s 1/4 the cost of Highmark plans), and having to change doctors – every year as the price war rages on…
He’s going to be traveling a lot at first, but then that will settle down, and he’ll just be commuting. I expect our gas spending will increase (he’ll be driving more), but that’s it. We’re hoping to have plans in place to not eat out, and to have ready-made food available to avoid that. We’re also expecting a general increase in income to more than offset that. We just won’t have as much tax-advantaged space to work with.