. . . "Joined: 2008-12-04 If anyone has gone independent doing around 600K in a major city such as NY, Boston, DC LA, SF, Chicago I was curious as to what you really make.Obviously at a wirehouse you do 600K you make roughly 240K, but they pay for everything including part of your health insurance.So, if I went independent, have an assistant, have a small office, pay benefits, what am I really making, an" .