How much money do you have to make a year to be considered "well-off"

[Gimli43Orcs]

Technically, I guess I am middle class, but damn, somedays doesnt really feel like it.

Edit:How bout for a family of 3 in a large metropolitan city

 

[glen]

$500,000

 

[jagec]

in my opinion? $70,000 is doing pretty well. Most people would disagree with me though...most people who grew up in the US, at any rate.

 

[AreaCode707]

Depends on whether you have family & stuff or not.

 

[clicknext]

Enough to get your GF6800 and still have enough money to buy some rice.

Varies somewhat between cities, in my opinion.

 

[Heisenberg]

>$75,000 if you're single
>$150,000 for a family

Those are my rough guidelines anyway. Where you live is also a big factor (I'm in the midwest, so my numbers are based on that).

 

[nageov3t]

depends where you live. my parents make about 200K combined in the NYC suburbs, and I've always considered them to be well-off.

 

[PrinceofWands]

I live pretty good at 15-25 a year. The year I made about 30 was awesome, with tons of play money. Then again, I live quite simply and have no debt. I've figured that I actually only NEED about 1200 a month to live, though I prefer twice that so I can build savings, invest, have play money, etc. I've decided that if I ever make anything over 4000 a month it goes entirely to charities...there's simply nothing I can imagine doing with that much money.

 

[RaynorWolfcastle]

enough to lease an M5 or RS6 and not be worried about the payments

 

[nageov3t]

Originally posted by: PrinceofWands
I live pretty good at 15-25 a year. The year I made about 30 was awesome, with tons of play money. Then again, I live quite simply and have no debt. I've figured that I actually only NEED about 1200 a month to live, though I prefer twice that so I can build savings, invest, have play money, etc.

that's about where I am right now... my take-home is about $2K a month. rent and utilities are less than $800, which leaves the rest for toys and savings.

I can't imagine that anyone would consider me well-off based on salary alone, but I live pretty well.