"Good salary" in your 30s? (debt, $40k, income)

[stava]

What would be considered a "good salary" by the time you're in your early 30s?

[notnamed]

Depends on where you're living.

Enough to buy a house, car, save for retirement, entertain, and feed yourself and family if you've started one.

[emcee squared]

I think the true answer to this is: it depends.

It's what you need to live a comfortable living. For one person it may be $150k in San Francisco and for another it may be $40k in rural Mississippi.

Median household income in the U.S. is a tad over $50k.

[Florida2014]

$42,235.

[Suburban_Guy]

According to the cream of the crop here on CD, at least 90-100 thousand grand.

[emcee squared]

Originally Posted by Suburban_Guy

According to the cream of the crop here on CD, at least 90-100 thousand grand.

100 thousand grand? So, $100,000,000! Yes, please.

[Mr. Ryu]

no kids, small student loan amount to pay off (10K or less), no other debt = 60K and up

It also depends on your profession, current location and your professional experience.

[BostonMike7]

Originally Posted by notnamed

Depends on where you're living.

Enough to buy a house, car, save for retirement, entertain, and feed yourself and family if you've started one.

This.




No point putting a dollar figure down because it's going ot depend on where you live and what you like to do and other variables.

[NOVA_guy]

Depends on where you live, if you have a family etc but generally speaking I'd say $65,000 - $125,000 annually.

[Hemlock140]

Here is would be $70,000, but go 50 miles away and it could be $45,000.