How can I tactfully answer when someone asks me how much I earn? I hate disclosing my income, but for some reason, people always want to know "what kind of money I make" when they learn what I do. I don't know why people care so much about other's salaries to begin with.

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Which people lol? A simple “I’m not sure cuz it depends on many factors” would suffice. Or they can just Google

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Agreed. They are too lazy to google it because as a random drone in a company comparing pay is like grade schoolers competing on who is the oldest and by how many months.

Enough to be content

Nvm

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