Is $100k still worth a lot today? How much do you need to live comfortably today?

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Depends on your lifestyle, COL, obligations…. Etc…

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$500k minimum

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I'd ballpark it at around 100k.

As a base salary in MCOL cities or lower, it's passable. Not very much in HCOL.

I’m in nyc and honestly anything under $200k might be a struggle for me to max out retirement and savings and maintain my lifestyle. But nyc is the most expensive city in America so.

As others said, it depends on where you live, but in the San Francisco Bay Area, 100k is low income. It takes about $130k for a single person, not buying a house, no car payment (it’s old enough to drink legally, so insurance is low as well), and savings/401k is minimally contributed to.

There are some places where you can get by but those places local economy doesn’t usually support a $100k salary. Remote jobs could work in your favor there.

$140k

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