Living in San Diego , what would you say a minimum salary would be to be comfortable?
( single household)

In my opinion, over 100k, and even at 100k it can be tight. Thoughts or opinions?

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I’d that’s about right. The sweet spot for a single person to live comfortably in SD is def in the 150K+ range so families need need way beyond that. Last time I checked 1st tier poverty income was considered to be around $75K and the median income in SD was $106K.

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You are correct. How companies still think paying $75k-80k a year is acceptable is beyond me.

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I'd agree, I make exactly 100k. Rent eats on paycheck and in order to make a profit at the end of the month, I have to budget. I think at 120k you should be good

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I agree. I am renting but i am trying to buy and figuring a 3k mortgage ( in todays market) a month, utilities, car payment and essentials. No frivolous spending or debt.

I think that $100k would be enough to live comfortably. It depends a lot on your lifestyle and spending habits though

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I think that you could make it work with $80k, if you want to not have to worry about money at all and have room to make investments then $100-110k would be a good range

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I have made it work with with 80k but it was tight. Not much left for savings or investments .

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Kind of subjective. At 100k you would be comfortable and not stressing about finances too much, but you could certainly make it work with a bit less if you needed to.

It’s subjective LOL

Really depends. But I would say yes that is enough to live comfortably on.

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