100k salary is not that impressive anymore. amirite?

You'd be sitting pretty over here with that kind of income. My boyfriend and I together bring in like 55k in a year (and last year was my biggest income so far probably less this year). We bought our house for 21k though so it's pretty common decent living around here. Pay all our bills, don't really have any debt, save some.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

What do you mean you bought your house for 21k?

by terranceschille 1 week ago

Maybe they live in their car

by Kortiz 1 week ago

Built with cardboard probably.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

100k is a lot of money, even in a HCOL area. Minimum wage here in San Diego is 16.85 which amounts to just over 35K per year working every damn day. Lay a 100k salary on that person and watch their lives change. Even with inflation, I'd rather have the 100K

by Anonymous 1 week ago

You gotta think $100k is just for the individual too. Professionals tend to marry other professionals. Their household income could easily be $180k+

by Hegmannhank 1 week ago

Average household incomes in OC are up to 250k. That's average in some zip codes.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I'm not disagreeing that it can't be worse or that most of America is doing worse. I think they're saying 100k doesn't make you in a place that's great anymore. And it honestly doesn't.

by Lost_Cash_4733 1 week ago

If you can't find financial freedom on $100k, the problem isn't your salary.

by Main_Adhesiveness271 1 week ago

Depends where you live. I'm in a HCOL area so 100k is quite common and doesn't stretch that far.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

so like.... do you have a personality though?

by Mean_Parsnip 1 week ago

Yeah, that's why I wrote this unpopular opinion. Low six figure salary is still just middle class where I live, but some people think it's impressive and like to brag about it.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

It reminds OP he makes less than them.

by Main_Adhesiveness271 1 week ago

It's get quite annoying after a while when you hear it all the time at parties, weddings, get togethers, etc. Since it's a a common salary in HCOL areas, for some reasons people still like to flaunt it like they earn a massive achievement.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

so in essence, you want to make sure they 'know their place' am I correct?

by Mean_Parsnip 1 week ago

In a way, yes. It's probably the equivalent to someone who would brag that they're college educated, while most of us probably also went and have a degree as well.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

so ignoring things this silly and finding more constructive outlets for your energy and emotions wouldn't be an option here?

by Mean_Parsnip 1 week ago

you sure did.

by Mean_Parsnip 1 week ago

I have an unpopular opinion about acronyms.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

wdym

by Anonymous 1 week ago

bare minimum is the mark of the beast now: 6 pack 6 figures 6 feet / inch

by Anonymous 1 week ago

It's now 7 pack, 7 figures, 6'7 7 inches

by Anonymous 1 week ago

well.... guess i only got one of those so i'm not evil i guess lol.

by Mean_Parsnip 1 week ago

100k in rural Georgia still seems fine. In a HCOL area, 100k hasn't been great in a long time.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Georgia's min wage is still 7.25 lol, 100k is good pretty much anywhere.

by Tristingoldner 1 week ago

Yea 100k in NYC would mean you're living with roommates and never eating out lol

by OkAnimal836 1 week ago

100k is way above average even in Switzerland, what are y'all on about?

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Do...do people brag about their salaries anymore? I am a tech bro and I feel like people in my field do not like talking about that stuff. I certainly would not bring it up even if asked.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

These people don't seem to get it. I moved to a LCOL area 5 years ago and retained my high salary. My salary goes 4 times as far now. So yes, you're correct that 6 figures aren't really impressive anymore because in most of the areas where you can earn it, you're basically at the poverty line for those regions anyway. If you live in San Francisco and earn less than 100k, you're having a pretty hard time. Especially trying to buy a $1.5M 1000 sqft "home" at 8% interest.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Haha, exactly. 100k salary can barely afford a decent living arrangement in certain places. I just find it hilarious when people think they're a hot shot with that salary in a HCOL area. I'm like bruh, we're just middle class.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Who thinks that living in a HCOL area?

by Kindly_Possession 1 week ago

I make $1,000,000,000,000,000,000 a year and I live in a HCOL city and can barely make it! 🤡

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Depends on where you live. Only about 15% of Americans make more than $100k, so it's impressive in that you have less than 1 in 5 odds of making that much. Your perspective is very tilted by the city you live in. Also: the 50s version of the American Dream people imagine was never sustainable. It basically required the rest of the world be economically crippled and heavily dependent on the US to work.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

The median home price where I live is $1.3 million. Its almost impossible to save because the cost of living is so high. But its also almost impossible to leave because the jobs don't exist outside of this area. I can't just move to a more rural area to have cheaper housing and maintain my job, but also my job doesn't pay enough to buy a home.

by Defiant-Mixture-2706 1 week ago

You're not that impressive

by DeepCharacter5454 1 week ago

its very impressive in Europe.. you would live like a king

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Depends where you live honestly, yes where I live six figures isn't a crazy amount but it still enough have a good life. However in some areas it's a lot of money still.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Definitely depends on where you live

by Sengerisabelle 1 week ago

That is by no means bad unless you are facing a ton of palominy suits. Put something away regularly. Don't risk more than you can Afford to lose. Spread the risk with a portfolio of diverse investment vehicles. And never put it all on red. !

by Silver-Structure 1 week ago

Not in a HCOL, I made over 100k last year, don't feel rich.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

$100K salary in the US is threshold between lower-middle class and middle class. It's like making $16/hr in 1990. You are doing pretty good but your kid isn't going to prep.

by Altruistic_Sky_5107 1 week ago

If anything it's the threshold between middle class and upper middle class. But I mean it's fitting, studies have shown time and again that people with higher incomes underestimate which "class" they belong to.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

$100K is not the upper threshold of middle class in 2024. What are you smoking? Not even in Mississippi. Upper middle class with the 4 bedroom ranch house with the little inground pool and maybe a little cottage on a lake somewhere and the kids go to prep, that upper middle class lifestyle requires a household income of $300K or $400K Al Bundy or Homer Simpson lifestyle is about $150K today. Like making $25/hr in 1990. Enough money to take the family to disney world every few years.

by Altruistic_Sky_5107 1 week ago

The median wage in the US is $48k, so it's more like the threshold between middle-class and upper-middle class.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

The future is bleak, your generation will bark out statistics without using common sense like Khmer Rouge.

by Altruistic_Sky_5107 1 week ago

Gonna need to see some documentation on the UPS claim.

by Main_Adhesiveness271 1 week ago

Business Insider. Although it will not reach this level until 2028. So maybe $150,000 a year at this time.

by Anonymous 1 week ago