What's the minimum salary you think you could live on? Like, I'm earning $200k a year, but I think I could live off $175k if I had to take a cut.

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I’ve lived on every salary I’ve ever made. So 35k.

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Aren’t you just an average Joe

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That depends on your lifestyle. Your question should be minimum you need to sustain your current lifestyle.

You can “live on” far less than that. If you need 175 K to live, I would be very concerned about your financial acumen

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I was happier making $60k as an entry level b4 associate living in a 1 bed apartment.

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$200k a year, I’d be bankrupt with my expenses. Make more buddy

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Am I moving to an impoverished country and doing odd manual jobs? Because I’d have zero salary and extremely low income, but I’d be living on it (or I wouldn’t, as many don’t)

$250k.

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