What salary would make you feel satisfied?

[IHateMyJob2004]

Originally posted by: TwiceOver
52K /yr after taxes or higher of course.

I JUST HIT THAT MARK! Well, about a year ago. The day you realize you clear $1,000 a week is very happy day indeed.

 

[dcdude]

ROFL its gonna be hilarious to see the failure in you alls eyes when none of you end up making the six figure incomes you so desperately want

 

[Nebor]

Originally posted by: Patt

Originally posted by: Nebor

Originally posted by: rh71

Originally posted by: spidey07
Probably around 300K.

Thing is just breaking 6 figures isn't all that much when you have "real life" bills and goals.

And that is in really low cost of living midwest.

true if your wife doesn't have a salary herself... dual income helps a lot.

I'm single, no children, I (barely) make 6 figures, in Dallas, Texas, and I'm not rich. I can't buy a new Ferrari.

I think $300k a year would fulfill my current needs, but who knows what kind of needs I'd have if I made $300k a year. 😉

Uh, those are not needs you're talking about ...

So? I want that Ferrari. It's important to me. But it's still a few years off. A new m5 though, might be in the near future. 😉

 

[Muadib]

Originally posted by: Landroval
I think most people will never be satisfied...

Funny how you don't answer the question though.😉

To be satisfied, I would need to be making at least $250K a year.🙁 Real estate prices are crazy in NJ now.

 

[BurnItDwn]

Originally posted by: Landroval
I think most people will never be satisfied...

Agreed ... by the time I actually make as much as I think I want to to be satisfied, the amount required for satisfaction will increase.

 

[amol]

Originally posted by: IHateMyJob2004

Originally posted by: Amol
well ... when im older

me+wife: $600-800K/year


my parents want me to do better than they have done...

Sounds like my in-laws.

I have no idea what they make, but I am guessing in the $500K to $1M range. Lawyer(succesful one, not hte average)+teacher+20 rental units.

Oh wow.

My mother is a doctor with her own pediatric practice and my father is an engineer/audiologist who owns his own hearing aid practice with 3 offices in the L.A. area

I don't know what they make exactly, but since they take a lot of pride in what they've done, considering where they come from, they really want me to do better than they have done.

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: BurnItDwn

Originally posted by: Landroval
I think most people will never be satisfied...

Agreed ... by the time I actually make as much as I think I want to to be satisfied, the amount required for satisfaction will increase.

🙁

Its a vicious trap. Golden handcuffs.

 

[Orionetheus]

Since im in dublin and this is one of the most expensive places in the world.....100k

But since im a minimalist all I need is a room with a internet connection desk medium bed and then a small kitchen so 75k

 

[DainBramaged]

Total household income of ~$300,000

 

[classy]

Originally posted by: Sphexi
I'd be happy with about 55k-70k a year.

 

[skyking]

For me, it is a balance of freedom to do what I want, the ability to be spontaneous.
That and enough money to have fun when I take off.
If I could work 150 days a year and get $300 for each of them, that would be fine.
We live very frugally day to day, but do not hesitate to lay it out on vacations🙂

 

[Acanthus]

60k+

 

[Albis]

i will be happy when i make partner

 

[mwtgg]

Originally posted by: Amol

Originally posted by: alien42

Originally posted by: Amol
well ... when im older

me+wife: $600-800K/year


my parents want me to do better than they have done...

do i smell a spoiled rich kid? 😕

possibly

just because a kids parents are rich doesn't necessarily mean that he is spoiled

hell, i worked over summer and winter breaks to earn $$ for my computer

Spoiled. Work during school, you sissy. 😉

Originally posted by: RobCur
if you wanna look at someone really wealthy, just look at gate for role model. good luck thought.
btw, he is a nerd too... not all nerd are as gifted as he is thought, he must have an iq of 300 ;O
The average human iq is a 100, whereas mine is like 30

Interesting...

 

[CrackRabbit]

I would be happy with 35-45k a year... I could live comfortably with that.

 

[Josh]

1....dollar.

 

[mugs]

Enough to comfortably afford a decent 3 bedroom house

 

[Colonel C]

?40,000 - well anything above. I plan on living by myself in some collage.

 

[ultimatebob]

To be "satisfied" with my salary, I'd need to make enough to afford to finance a nice house on a lake. Maybe a small boat and a sports car in the garage as well, but I can get those later.

Unfortunately, since Connecticut real estate is so expensive, I'd need to make $100K a year to pull that off 🙁

 

[b0mbrman]

Originally posted by: Engineer

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: Engineer

Originally posted by: Blastomyces
I dont know what I would need to be satisfied, probably around the low six-figures. I will be making about 400-500k/yr in a couple years though 🙂

Doing?

looking at the avatar take a wild guess.

😉

😱

😀

OOPS! 😉

Don't need to look at my avatar....just my forum name! 😉

Same here 🙂

 

[Cattlegod]

i'd be happy with a good 450K+ a year

 

[Fritzo]

For an honest figure, I'd like to be making about $20K more than I am now. I could do that, but the trick is finding the right job at the right time.

 

[Fritzo]

Originally posted by: tangent1138

If you can't be happy without money, you'll never be happy with money.

Trust me, money is not the key.

Then howcome people that own jetski's are always smiling when they're riding them? You have to have money to run those things, and they're grinning ear to ear!!!!!

 

[Ferocious]

Originally posted by: dcdude
ROFL its gonna be hilarious to see the failure in you alls eyes when none of you end up making the six figure incomes you so desperately want

I dunno about that.

But I once 'dreamed' of making six figures in a single year. Wow....I just couldn't imagine it.

Amazing thing is that when I finally accomplished that goal....it was satisfying for like a day or two if you get my drift.

Sorta like an illusion or a nasty drug. You just never quite make enough or get enough to be truly satisfied.

Seems like you are on a constant perpetual road to getting there but just never can reach the destination...ever.

 

[Fritzo]

Originally posted by: Ferocious

Originally posted by: dcdude
ROFL its gonna be hilarious to see the failure in you alls eyes when none of you end up making the six figure incomes you so desperately want

I dunno about that.

But I once 'dreamed' of making six figures in a single year. Wow....I just couldn't imagine it.

Amazing thing is that when I finally accomplished that goal....it was satisfying for like a day or two if you get my drift.

Sorta like an illusion or a nasty drug. You just never quite make enough or get enough to be truly satisfied.

Seems like you are on a constant perpetual road to getting there but just never can reach the destination...ever.

You do know that the numbers after the decimal point don't count towards a six figure number, right? 😀