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figaro ,

Not having enough money makes you unhappy, but money does not make you happy.

There’s a study done a while ago that said something to the effect of: you need at least 100k (USD) per year. Up until then, the money increases your ability to be happy. But after that point, it doesn’t make you any more happy.

Happiness comes from being able to take care of your body, mind, and spirit (spirit not in the religious sense, but in a feeling of having purpose and understanding oneself).

Franzia ,

I read it was 70k, even.

adrian783 ,

inflation

Ignisnex ,
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I would argue it depends where you live, and the cost of living in that place. There isn’t a specific dollar value, but it’s simply the ability to live comfortably and take care of yourself properly. If you made $100k USD/year in one of the more poor countries of the world, you’d be considered fabulously wealthy and could buy pretty much anything you could ever want. That would be well in excess of being able to live comfortably.

figaro ,

Ah yeah definitely. I’m assuming this study was done somewhere like California.

meliaesc ,

Nationwide in the year 2010, but I’m sure inflation has massively impacted the actual number since then! www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1011492107

sukhmel ,

There seems to have been more recent researches that removed that cap altogether: verywellmind.com/happiness-doesn-t-top-out-at-usd…

Torvum ,

Yeah if you live on 70k in my home town that is far more than just comfortable. I actually know of people who can take remote jobs with a high salary then move to less wealthy countries to just become the top 1% there also.

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