I have a friend with a lot of tuition expenses. She looked at the possibility of getting a job. Because of where her husband’s income placed them in the tax bracket, if she had gotten a job, it would have pushed them in to the next bracket and they would have ended up paying more than she was making. So for her to get a job would have cost them money.
Before a woman gets a job, she should look at the tax ramifications, the amount she will have to pay in day care for her children, transportation costs to get to and from work, and any other expenses that she would not have if she didn’t work. In some cases, working just doesn’t pay.