My wife and I combined will make about $220k USD this year. We will spend about $120k and save about $80k and pay about $20k in taxes. We have 2 kids in elementary school.
We don’t have to worry about money, and that does make me feel wealthy. I am self employed and I work about 25 hours a week, and that makes for a pretty chill life.
That said, no I’m not wealthy by any standard aside from quality-of-life. We have two cars but they are 10 and 13 years old. We have a nice house in a nice area and we are lucky for that, but it is 60 years old, has a fuse box instead of circuit breakers, and is deteriorating faster than I can motivate myself to fix it.
Piece work. Typically make $130k. Hcol (literally anywhere in Canada now) and I am poor. I have my own house, can’t really afford to fix it and it needs work. It’s small and the taxes are $6k/yr. I have all my bills paid, money set aside for school and retirement, not enough for either thing by the time they will be needed. I haven’t bought clothing for myself in 10 years. It’s what I ask for when getting gifts. Everyday the same worries, the same stresses and nothing seems to get better. Just letting the timer run out at this point. Not going to date again most likely so I’ll remain alone until my body breaks down from being an ast, then probably die from the all the unknown cancer ravaging my body because I can’t get medical care. At least I should be done before climate change gets really bad. Might live to see the water wars though.
In Dublin, household brings in about 150k euros altogether. I do not feel wealthy, closer to poor. The way inflation has raised up the price of everything is maddening. Lots of money comes in but then goes right back out!
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Around $60k and I live in a very expensive city. I live paycheck-to-paycheck, but I’m also a trust funder, so I chose this career knowing I didn’t have to worry about retirement. Very different situation from most. I don’t feel rich, but I certainly don’t feel poor. I feel comfortable knowing I can afford whatever I need and I don’t want much more than that. I have to mind my spending a little bit but if I ever want to splurge, I can.
My net income is about 30k€ a year. I took quite a pay cut going self-employed few years back so I’m barely making ends meet right now but I’m also working less and I’m much more satisfied with what I do. It’s likely that my job prospects will only improve from here so I’ll probably be doing better in few years.
I don’t really consider myself wealthy nor poor. My income isn’t that high but I have decent amount of savings and investments so I don’t really need to stress about finances. I do, but I don’t need to.
4 person household now.
Gross around 200k if kids jobs included, net pay into bank though is about 7k a month and bills 5k a month (mortgage & related, electric, internet, water and trash, the fixed expenses basically) so I’d say we do fine, and have good jobs, but not loaded.
Under $40k a year. But, it’s just me and it’s enough to cover food and rent and sometimes allows me to eat out once in a while but not enough to do anything else. So, I definately don’t feel rich.
I make enough that I don’t have to worry about things, but I had shit pay for long enough that I still don’t LIKE spending a lot of money.
$2,300 dentist bill? Fine. I can pay it, but I’m not HAPPY about it. Even after the HSA card, it was still $600 in “real” money.
Same. I come from a 3rd world country so spending is always something you have to think very hard about. I’m currently living relatively comfortably yet still live frugally. Big bills still sting even if I can afford it. I spent around the same in 2 years to fix all my teeth with insurance paying the rest (80%), and even that felt too expensive.
Right where they want me. Treading water at way less than I’m worth.
60k/yr
I’m the income in my household
I feel poor as shit, we live frugally but still barely get by
Savings are not possible
Its weird to me that while I make twice as much as I did before college I feel not that much wealthier, since I now have to pay more for insurance, student loans, rent hikes to live in a hcol area, more is drawn out in my 401k, and I’ve spent five figures in medical expenses in that timeframe.
It is easy to spend in a way to feel poor at every level I guess, at least below the millionaire tier. I am not poor but I check my bank account constantly anyway and I have lots of big purchase anxiety.
Just a bit above minimum wage in Spain, I’m lucky enough to not have to pay rent and I’m quite frugal, so I’m doing well enough. I don’t feel poor because I don’t lack anything but I know that I can’t afford lots of stuff.
I make nothing and live on welfare.
I feel globally wealthy, but domestically poor.
I have no idea, but I’m better off that a lot of Americans. That knowledge makes me very sad— i don’t even make that much.
I can afford a one bedroom studio apartment on my own AND afford groceries. That is where I am at. That is better than most.
Fuuuuck…
