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View Poll Results: How much money is enough for you per year ?
10,000 - 15,000 0 0%
15,000 - 20,000 0 0%
20,000 - 25,000 0 0%
25,000 - 30,000 1 1.69%
30,000 - 35,000 3 5.08%
35,000 - 40,000 2 3.39%
40,000 - 45,000 1 1.69%
45,000 - 50,000 4 6.78%
50,000 - 60,000 7 11.86%
60,000 - 70,000 5 8.47%
70,000 - 80,000 3 5.08%
80,000 - 90,000 1 1.69%
90,000 - 100,000 7 11.86%
100,000 - 125,000 2 3.39%
125,000 - 150,000 5 8.47%
150,000 - 175,000 2 3.39%
175,000 - 200,000 2 3.39%
200,000 - 250,000 1 1.69%
250,000 - 300,000 1 1.69%
300,000 or more 12 20.34%
Voters: 59. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 11-30-2012, 08:31 AM
 
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How much money per year is enough for you to live, and be satisfied with ? ? ?

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Old 11-30-2012, 08:38 AM
 
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A recent study showed about 75k for a household IIRC. That is average of course. In San Fran it's certainly a little more...

What they were saying is any more doesn't correlate with an increase in happiness, but less and you start having to make sacrifices on things you want.
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Old 11-30-2012, 08:46 AM
 
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It's never the response that people are looking for, but it really does depend. For a single person? Family? City? Country? I know people who wouldn't want to live outside of a city, so for them everything is going to be higher, especially rent or a mortgage. If I had to throw out any old number, just from my experience, i would say at least $60-70k for an east coast city -- this is living very modestly, not having much debt, and not having a family to support.

I'm interested to hear what others would need to live on.
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Old 11-30-2012, 08:52 AM
 
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Old 11-30-2012, 08:56 AM
 
Location: Las Flores, Orange County, CA
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Four girls:13, 11, 10, and 5. stay at home mom for a spouse, Orange County CA $250/sqft house. Braces, weddings, retirement, college, vehicles, auto insurance, cheer fees, for all the kids.

My goal is to retire at 97: Wheel me straight from HR to the nursing home.
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Old 11-30-2012, 09:06 AM
 
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$80,000-$90,000. To live comfortably in a DC suburb on my own.
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Old 11-30-2012, 09:41 AM
 
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Kinda tricky... if I were to maintain my status as a single male renting an apartment, 50-60k would be enough. If I wanted to get married and have kids... double that I suppose plus my spouse's salary. (voted for 50-60)

I currently make close to 100k (this is the DC area). 100k is great as a single male, but I don't plan to be single and childless forever, nor can I guarantee that I'll have a job making 100k forever.
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Old 11-30-2012, 09:52 AM
 
Location: Eastern WV Panhandle
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Is that number before or after taxes? Because there's a significant difference in what I "make" versus what's in my paycheck.
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Old 11-30-2012, 11:04 AM
 
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I'd say, I want to make $175,000
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Old 11-30-2012, 12:05 PM
 
Location: Living on the Coast in Oxnard CA
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I can live on $125,000 a year. I want to have $250,000 a year or more.
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