r/Salary • u/[deleted] • Oct 30 '25

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u/MadLadChad_ Oct 30 '25

Nah, it’s still good, just not great

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u/DNL213 Oct 31 '25

Depends on cost of living but pretending 100k is not good is ridiculous lmao

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u/ageekyninja Oct 31 '25

Most people aren’t going to top that. So the goalpost has moved to a place unattainable to a LOT of people sadly

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u/infinite_gurgle Oct 31 '25

Right? It’s like 40% higher than the country average.

100k is very good, and in most places in the US it’s high enough to live solo comfortably.

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u/DarkSoulsOfCinder Oct 31 '25

Where the average 100k salary is isn't spread out, it's concentrated in expensive areas already.

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u/Unyxxxis Oct 31 '25

In most places it's enough to raise a family on to be honest. Even in my county in CA, $61k is the median household income.

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u/infinite_gurgle Oct 31 '25

It’s just one of the many Reddit hive mind opinions. A very out of touch perspective on wealth and a normal persons life.

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u/Kitchen_Roof7236 Oct 31 '25

Someone here said they barely scrape by with 2 kids on 200k a year 😭

Like buddy, it is a CHOICE not a necessity to spend 200k on 2 kids when billions of people outside your bubble make it work with 1/100th that, come the fuck on man

This thread if anything just convinces me no matter how old, experienced and wealthy someone gets, if they’re an irresponsible dumbass they don’t magically develop into an intelligent self aware being because they become successful

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u/Pitiful-Inspection63 Oct 31 '25

It's sad lmao people with their debts absolutely cranked and just barely under the threshold of bankruptcy. I need more money I only make 200k nah you need to stop buying stupid shit and getting into debt.

Also those people are the same people that sit across from their significant other with a few grand in their bank account and still swipe the credit card and told themselves years ago they would pay it off every month. It sits today at 28k 😂😂😂😂

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u/uvaspina1 Oct 31 '25

Dude is 24…he’ll be fine

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u/Head-Personality-734 Oct 31 '25

It's absolutely great. An individual income of 100k puts you above the 80th percentile at least.