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I have been comfortable on every salary >$80k.
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RIGHT! Gotta find the balance, don’t wanna be cramping up with 4 friends in one hotel room but also don’t need to be traveling white lotus style 😂
It all depends how you define "comfortable".
Median household income in Chicago is 75k, 65k individual, so this is a good benchmark for an average lifestyle.
If you mean college educated young professional with lifestyle creep who likes nicer things and travel, then probably 150-200k. That is enough to max out 401k savings and still have plenty to spend on other stuff.
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Both respectable figures. I’m trying to keep myself in check and rollback the lifestyle creep