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[-] PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 years ago

$69420

No but seriously, about $70k would make me feel a lot better.

[-] Doxatek@mander.xyz 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

(sorry for the story)

I think I'm okay. So far I guess. I'm in my first job after grad school and am almost there a year. I was hired at 58,000 but they did an adjustment because retention was so poor and now I make 69,000.

When I was younger I always thought 70k would be the number I would be totally fine with but adjusted for inflation 70k then was a lot more than now.

I had been making about 10k a year before now working fast food while in school. It was a weird feeling for me because I was so happy to pretty much meet my "goal". I thought I would feel so rich after that jump. I have no lifestyle inflation because I live in the same place and drive the same shitty 500 dollar car I have for years.

But for some reason I feel just as poor as I always felt and it feels like nothing changed and it's not going as far as I thought it would. I thought it would be life changing. And it is I suppose but not like I thought.

I feel bad complaining when it's a privilege and many people make worse. Even I made less until recently. The entire system is just fucked and I feel bad for anyone who makes less than me because I still feel pressure and I don't even really have anything.

Sorry if this makes me sound like a piece of shit I'm not trying to come off this way

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[-] JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago
[-] SymbioteSynapse@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

$150k/year. Enough to afford the house I'm in and still have enough left to not have to worry about being short on any recurring bills. Note: I'm in California. Most other states and id be fine at 90-100k.

[-] BadActorLol@talk.macstack.net 2 points 2 years ago

300 million per week

[-] Iceblade02@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

5k€ (equivalent, inflation adjusted), per month

[-] Behaviorbabe@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

I could make what I have now if I just had a single family home with an acre for my kids to live in when I’m dead. That’s it.

[-] Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

My plumber salary has been more than enough for me. I hope I can maintain it as self-employed aswell.

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[-] intensely_human@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

What if UBI was your salary for living under a system of laws

[-] gandalf_der_12te@feddit.de 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I get your point, but I disagree, because otherwise it wouldn't be universal.

[-] AdolfSchmitler@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

$80,000 / yr before taxes

[-] Chainweasel@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Enough that I'm not completely broke before my next paycheck.
Seriously, that's all it would take for me to be happy, a little bit of disposable income.

[-] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)
[-] june@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

140k lets me start getting ahead properly and even start thinking about retirement.

[-] MigratingtoLemmy@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

200K so I'd be able to purchase a decent flat

[-] waterbogan@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

The one I'm on is fine. I dont need more money to be happy. Safety and security matters a shitload more than material stuff, and unfortunately money doesnt guarantee those without a bunch of other lifestyle compromises

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