<prompt> Human: I was recently promoted and got a salary bump, common Im sure among people like me in their 20s and getting into the workforce. What people sometimes fail to realize is that a large salary increase doesnt necessarily have as large an impact as they would think. When I was promoted close friend politely asked me if I got a raise with the promotion and I told him I would be making X more each month.Wow, he said, thats great. If I made X more every month... and proceeded to list off things he would do.Now, Im not complaining about my promotion or my raise, I love my job. However, I would like people to be aware of things that have reduced my X salary increase:- Income taxes. That extra money is taxed at the highest bracket of all my income.- Reduced deductions and credits. Because Im making more now, I no longer qualify for a number of tax deductions and credits I did previously.- Exercise. I used to swim every day. Now that I have more work and responsibilities, I need to be in the office working when I would have been swimming. Ive had to join a gym thats open at crazy hours to get my exercise in.- Food. Healthy food and convenient food is expensive. With my reduced exercise and increased workload, I had to improve my eating habits to stay healthy.- Entertainment. Now that Im in management, when I go out with the other managers, we go to higher end places. Additionally, I still socialize with my team and go out with them on occasion.- Travel. Now that more people are dependent on me, I cant take vacation time whenever I want. When I go home for Christmas, itll be a last minute flight. I also work from home a lot less now, so Im racking up the miles on my car and the gas bills.These are specific to me, but Im sure for many people, there are a lot of other things that require expenditures as well maybe a new wardrobe, etc.. It can be expensive just to fit in and as superficial as it may be, from a career perspective, choosing to be the new promotion who does not step up into their new role can be unwise.Edit: I should make it clear that Im not complaining about my situation in any way. Im completely happy with where I am and how I spend my money. This is more of an advisory for people like my friend who hear new job with X raise and think X more in my wallet, time to go shopping!Edit 2: I in no way meant to imply that I am making less money or have less money than I did previously. My point is that the cost of maintaining the same standard of living I was previously enjoying increased due to increased job constraints. These and other factors can chip away at the seemingly large sum of extra money one receives as when their salary increases with a new job or promotion.  <response>: Sounds like the American dream got you by the balls now 