What kind of salary..

[tony]

Do you think it would take for you to live the lifestyle you want? This is semi realistic now.. something you really believe you can obtain in your life time.

[Sammich]

50k is sufficient

[Jimmy B]

50k is sufficient

PBS, when you make 50K, let me know if its enough..

Trust me, IMO, its not..

i would be happy with a 100K a year job... for a little while

[EJ25RUN]

i dont think 100k is impossible by the time im 40.

Then again with inflation and whatnot?

[tony]

50k is sufficient

Nothing more? I wont lie I make a tad more than that and things aren't tight but they sure are not quite comfortable either. Taxes totally kill my pay.

[Sammich]

he said semi-realistic..i can say 50k/yr because i dont require alot..all i need is enough to have a decent house with a mortgage not exceeding 2k/month and a decent car, which i already have and a DD which i already have..yea i may get more, but right now..i'm almost able to get what i want and i'm way less than the 50k mark..

[tony]

i dont think 100k is impossible by the time im 40.

Then again with inflation and whatnot?

Forget inflation, we'll assume all things stay equal

[Sammich]

Nothing more? I wont lie I make a tad more than that and things aren't tight but they sure are not quite comfortable either. Taxes totally kill my pay.

lol forgot about taxes...i mean 50k/yr AFTER taxes..not pretax

[Jimmy B]

Nothing more? I wont lie I make a tad more than that and things aren't tight but they sure are not quite comfortable either. Taxes totally kill my pay.

yea... im with you tony..

[Crazy Asian]

I need at least 200-300k to live a normal life. Ya seems a lot but when you look at things most average household are now making six figure salary. I ono when this happened but damn.

[Dietcoke]

I make around 45k after taxes... enough to live the way I live but I still have to budget extra things I want... car parts... etc. If wifey had a decent job we'd be rolling in it though. Right now I pay all the bills.

[Leisa]

150K

[ATL86]

The more you have the more you'll want.

[Nemesis]

Id be fine with 100k. My lady is a Dental Hygenist so her salary is around 60-80k, so both of ours put together will be in the high 160ks (when I get my 100k job LOL)

[Sammich]

I make around 45k after taxes... enough to live the way I live but I still have to budget extra things I want... car parts... etc. If wifey had a decent job we'd be rolling in it though. Right now I pay all the bills.

thats the situation i'm presenting..if things remain the way they are and she still pays the bills that she does..and i pay the bills i do..50k/yr after taxes is enough

[redrumracer]

id say right around 120k or so would be comfortable. that way id have plenty for retirement or what ever.

[tony]

ehh, I want some NICE things.. not lavish but really really nice. I'm a sucker for exclusive ish so.. at the least $15k a month but shooting for twice that. I don't really put a limit on what I can potentially make but what I've mentioned here is a real goal that I am working toward now.

My salary was nice a couple of years ago but as someone said before you'll always want more, I wish I could think more like phatboi because it would make me a better person but I just cannot help it.

[Crazy Asian]

Bahahah i agree tony. Once we start earning a lil more green we cant go back to the mediocre salary.

[Blitanicle99]

Considering the average american makes 60, I would shoot for 100. Money isnt everything.

[Sammich]

ehh, I want some NICE things.. not lavish but really really nice. I'm a sucker for exclusive ish so.. at the least $15k a month but shooting for twice that. I don't really put a limit on what I can potentially make but what I've mentioned here is a real goal that I am working toward now.

My salary was nice a couple of years ago but as someone said before you'll always want more, I wish I could think more like phatboi because it would make me a better person but I just cannot help it.

only thing that changed when my wages changed was me getting a car with air condition...i did the same things..kept it hella clean and do all my maintenance..i'm really simple..and fortunately so is my wife

[BobbyFresco]

I can't give an honest answer because enough is never enough for me....
I make close to the 100k mark and after taxes and child support, I'm still unhappy...Content isn't what I want to be.

[1000cckiller]

150k to 175k

[ironchef]

ehh, I want some NICE things.. not lavish but really really nice. I'm a sucker for exclusive ish so.. at the least $15k a month but shooting for twice that. I don't really put a limit on what I can potentially make but what I've mentioned here is a real goal that I am working toward now.

My salary was nice a couple of years ago but as someone said before you'll always want more, I wish I could think more like phatboi because it would make me a better person but I just cannot help it.

I have the same problem. I think $250k would be I suppose the minimum, is it realistically attainable? I think through hard work, and knowing the right people, it sure could be.

[ironchef]

Considering the average american makes 60, I would shoot for 100. Money isnt everything.

Don't know where you're getting those numbers from, see attached.

In 2006, the median annual household income according to the US Census Bureau was determined to be $48,201.00.[3] The median income per household member (including all working and non-working members above the age of 14) in the year 2006 was $26,036.[4] In the year 2005, there were approximately 113,146,000 households in the United States. 19.01% of all households had annual incomes exceeding $100,000,[5] 12.7% fell below the federal poverty threshold[6] and the bottom 20% earned less than $23,202.[7] The aggregate income distribution is highly concentrated towards the top, with the top 6.37% earning roughly one third of all income, and those with upper-middle incomes control a large, though declining, share of the total earned income.[8][2] Income inequality in the United States, which had decreased slowly after World War II until 1970, began to increase slowly in the 1970s, and has increased more quickly since then.[9] Households in the top quintile, 77% of which had two income earners, had incomes exceeding $91,705. Households in the mid quintile, with a mean of one income earner per household had incomes between $36,000 and 57,657.[10]

[ahmonrah]

personally, a net annual income of about 70k would be fine, for a little while.

[1000cckiller]

I live good, so who would I be to complain.

[Killer]

i'd say 60-70k to live comfortably without so much worry...

but to truly live how i want to live 100k or more a year...

[quickdodge®]

I'm already loaded so my job is enough for me. Seriously. Later, QD.

[4dmin]

175-200k... which we will be in later this year

[ironchef]

Also, I 'd like to make enough to qualify for an Amex Black card.

[Sammich]

Also, I 'd like to make enough to qualify for an Amex Black card.

A.E.: African American Express

[tony]

Also, I 'd like to make enough to qualify for an Amex Black card.

"'Oh my God, is that a black card?' I turned around and replied 'Why yes, but I prefer the term "African American Express."

lol I love Kanye

[ironchef]

Haha, I don't really like Kanye, but thats funny.

[VegetaRules]

Well, I'd personally like to make around 60K myself. Now I wouldn't want to set a limit, but the hhonest answer to this question is about you. Making more money is never the answer if you cannot budget.

Thustly if you "can't contain" yourself at one amount, you certainly won't at another. Right now my house note is $501 for a 3 bedroom 2 bath split-level( also not in the hood, before that sneaks into anyones head). I'm good with that. Would I like a 2 car garage instead of 1 sure, but would I want an extra $500-$600 added to my mortgage??? Nope, but if I didn't look at things realistically I'd do it.

If you can't budget off $30K, you'll never be able to budget off $100K+ Thats most people's problem, not saying the people in here have one. Seriously though I understand you "can't take it with you", but so many things have to go right when you spend more money.

Like say you lose your 100K job, with the economy the way it is, & going, isn't it better to have the same things with a few extra goodies on a 40K budget, vs having your lifestyle set at a 100K pay scale?? Say that 100K isn't as quickly replaced, then what?

If I lost my job, I could still off unemployment, or even a 2-job system still afford to at worst maintain the house bills. Thats my only goal to make sure my house expenses are at a point where if anything happened I could still have a place to live.

See like the wealthier people were complaining about the tax refunds, about how they're "broke" like others, somone was like" no one told you to go out & ball out on uneccessary things". Spend wisely & it won't matter what you make....Vegeta

[Sammich]

"'Oh my God, is that a black card?' I turned around and replied 'Why yes, but I prefer the term "African American Express."

lol I love Kanye

+13 your way for the best line of...06 was it? lolol

[Ruiner]

A lot...then again, I have big-money tastes.

[ironchef]

Even a mortgage at $1500 a month + utilities + cell phone + car insurance + escrow (for insurance and property tax) will put you around $22-2500 a month. Let's figure that $50k will have you bringing home $38-40k a year.

So, $2500 month (mortgage + utilities + escrow) = $30k a year

If you are only bringing home $40k a year, you only have $10k a year (or $833 a month) extra. Now you have to buy food, gas, car insurance, car note, etc.

$50k won't even be CLOSE to enough and that's if your mortgage is $1500.

I concur. I think nowadays if you're single, and living by yourself, you should make minimum $60k after tax to live decently, and be able to put away money for retirement or rainy day.

[Ruiner]

Considering the average american makes 60, I would shoot for 100. Money isnt everything.

Link to back up your claim?

Maybe the average American FAMILY, but not average single person.

[Sammich]

Link to back up your claim?

Maybe the average American FAMILY, but not average single person.

indeed

[ironchef]

Link to back up your claim?

Maybe the average American FAMILY, but not average single person.

He's already been disproved, check post #24.