These other commenters are wiiild. The median household income in Manhattan is $100k.

You will 100% be in the top income earners in the city.

Also, the 33% for housing rule doesn't make a lot of sense at your income level. Unless you have a serious cocaine habit, you will have no problem living off $5k with your family after expenses. Prices for food are markedly lower than most of Europe and there's not VAT on things like clothes or groceries.

Granted, housing is expensive, but when you subtract the average annual cost of car ownership (roughly $15k post tax, $22k pre tax, according to the IRS), it's really not a terrible deal.

Throw in $35 balcony seats to the Metropolitan opera and a couple family museum memberships and you will have no shortage of world class cultural events to attend for cheap.

If you take taxis everywhere, eat takeout frequently, and send your kids to private school, you will quickly burn through that money, but I lived off $12k while working in restaurants as a single young person. I didn't starve, I paid my rent, and I did alright.