What is a high paying job? (salaries, $30k, cities, finance)

[brownbagg]

i make 35k, my house paid for, three cars paid for, my retirement is paid for( not company but mine) no debt at all. its all on how you budget your money

[emcee squared]

Originally Posted by outdoorNE

wow!.....something financially is very wrong with this picture to me. I am married and our combined income doesn't even come close to yours. We have a mortgage as well....not sure where you are spending your hard earned $$$ but we would live like King and Queen on that type of income. I would sit down at your kitchen table and clearly take a good look to where the "leak" is.

There doesn't need to be leak. Perhaps that person just cannot contribute enough to saving and retirements as they would like.

I feel the same way. I walk away with maybe 50% of my gross pay after taxes, insurance, 401k, etc., and I don't feel wealthy in any way. I save more than I spend, but don't save as much as I want.

[s1alker]

Originally Posted by brownbagg

i make 35k, my house paid for, three cars paid for, my retirement is paid for( not company but mine) no debt at all. its all on how you budget your money

Absolutely. I know people who make six figures who are broke living paycheck to paycheck . Often part of that is due to the student loans that it takes to get a six figure job, but still...

[Stymie13]

However you personally define it ... Relevant to COLA of course.

[The5thOfNovemner]

Originally Posted by Moby Hick

$106,567.82/year

I only made 105,357.22 last year

[Jardine8]

Originally Posted by brownbagg

i make 35k, my house paid for, three cars paid for, my retirement is paid for( not company but mine) no debt at all. its all on how you budget your money

What does your monthly budget look like? What does your takehome pay look like?

[jade408]

Originally Posted by fluffypoopoo

Above 75k is pretty decent.


100k is good.


125k+ is high paying


Just my opinion. No rhyme or reason I think this way.

I think high paying is top 25-30% of people in your region.

[jade408]

Originally Posted by CosmoStars

anything above $60,694k a year is high paying to me regardless of the location

In the Bay Area that is hardly above poverty level for a family. Only doable if you had free housing.

[jade408]

Originally Posted by stellastar2345

I make 70k/year. Early 20s, no debt besides mortgage. Live in middle col (Atlanta). I feel poor all the time.

I wish I made that much in my early 20s. Particularly in a fairly low cost place like ATL. You don't know how lucky you are.

[mechgator]

In my mind, a high paying job is one that not only pays me a decent amount to live on currently, but also give me the leverage to parlay this one into another of even higher pay. If it satisfies both criteria (no matter if it is currently a 50k or even 35k job), it is for me a "high paying" job, as in "high future paying job".