What salary do you need to have in order to feel that you are fairly successful?

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300k!!!!? I have four kids and we feel like 120k is good

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Well that’s promising! Haven’t mapped it out... always just hear how expensive

success is not found in a number. it's a lifestyle that is the perfect balance between providing opportunities for and actually living with your family. sure a higher salary is a factor but not at the sacrifice of being miserable and a dick to your family/loved ones

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Even at 200, I don’t feel successful because I feel like the ball could drop any given day.

130k for me - Southern California

What level are you at?

Money alone doesn’t tell the whole story. More money more responsibility. I feel like 150k is a good spot where you make enough money and have enough time/fewer responsibility. Once you break 200k, it’s a 24/7 job in most cases.

Successful is a different term for different people. To me successful is being able to afford a nice house, in a nice area, without having to penny pinch, worry about date night, kids activities, daycare, nice vacations, etc. To do that here in NY, I need about 400k combined with wife. 300k would put us in a nice spot, but 400k would put me in that successful category

However much it takes to not have to think about my food budget every day. Probably 100k

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