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guess that puts me out of the running......
>>It turns out $200,000 is the magic number. That’s when you’re considered affluent in America.<<
Pure bs. And what makes it BS is this “...in America”.
$100,000 makes you rich in some parts of america. In others, $200,000 will get you maybe a one bedroom apartment. Amrica has too many diverse economies to pull a single number.
Good luck landing another job if you’re making over 100k in the software industry.
They didn’t factor in I have a lottery ticket in my Lucky Rocket underwear, now did they?
Oops... guess I missed out...
Making $100k is a very easy thing to do. People put roadblocks up themselves by saying such things as they want to get a Master’s degree so they can be a project manager, or they want to this or that so they can whatever.
The fact is that the vast majority of corporate employees have nearly no real credentials and make at least $80k.
Take Project Managers. Go get employed by a company, with or without a college degree, and volunteer to take on small projects. Then, take some project management training; a few simple courses. Even get your employer to pay for it. Then, present yourself as a project manager. You will most likely succeed and start making big bucks for little work. Once you are in you are in and your pay will skyrocket. Those silly engineers with their skills and education? Who cares. You will be a project manager with no credentials and no real experience but you will be making what they make. “Manager” has become the new career field and pays extremely well.
Software tester. No degree required. Simply go to a staffing agency, take on a low pay ($15/hour or so) tester position on an hourly basis. Learn the trade over a few months, then continue to move up. Maing $55k to $95k as a software tester is easy money.
If you paid attention in high school and know English, you can be a technical writer. Same as software tester. Get a low pay contract job then move ahead as you learn more about the trade.
Requirements analyst. Same thing.
Software configuration specialist. Same thing. Learn a bit about a few software tools and you could be making big corporate bucks.
Computer programming. Easy money. Anyone can learn to program a computer at a level that can command not less than $55k and upwards of $95k with maybe a year or two experience. Again, teach yourself C or C++ or Java or C# by buying a book, downloading free software and practicing. Then, go get a contract job at a staffing agency by placing your resume on Dice or Monster. You’ll learng all the ins and outs soon enough and be making big bucks.
I’m in big trouble...
... I lose that much a year.
If anybody says it's easy to become wealthy anymore in America they are living on Mars. We have become slaves to an out of control govt and it won't end until we take it back.
At 35, I was in my 17th year in the United States Air Force, and a Master Sergeant. I was no where close to $100,000; more like $15,000.
But I wouldn’t have it any other way.
I love this country!
Income is not a measure of wealth. A person can earn $200K plus each year and have a low net worth. A person making less than $100K each year can accumulate a net worth of several million dollars by careful saving and investing. Just like our national financial problem, it’s the spending, stupid.
Being happy with yourself is affluence to me. I also consider the reality that my lottery retirement plan is fading.
Don’t consider yourself “rich” at $100K when local, state, and federal taxes will suck about half of it right out of your paycheck. With the remaining money, if you live in the South or Southwest, you might be able to pay rent and utilities and transportation without having to put something on the credit card to get by. If you live on the coasts, you will definitely have a hard time buying the basics.
The U.S. economy is up on blocks, and the young have a very poor future.
Life is not always about money.
Money is necessary for necessities, but not every thing is a necessity.
I decided early in my working life that family was more important than making lots of money. This means I turned down overtime and promotions in favor of more free time. Because I was good at what I did, showed up on time, worked hard I was left alone.
Personal happiness is not something that can be purchased. It comes from within. More money would not have made my life happier (perhaps there were times it would have made it easier, but at what price?)
I am retired now and home is paid off and I have no debt. I am not rich, but I am not poor. I am comfortable.
I have seen other who have made a lot more than I would ever make end up in worse financial shape because they had an image they had to live up to (which cost a lot of money).
They made more money but have less than I have. Worse, in some cases they sacrificed their family life to earn more money. Has anyone on their death bed ever wished they put in more overtime, or earned more money?
I actually feel sorry for people who make in the 100-200K range, because you go your entire life doing things right, then you end up giving half or more to the government, because liberals think you are evil and have to pay your fair share so they can sit on their asses in some bureaucracy wasting your money on people who didn’t make an effort to do anything.
Oh! Did You See?
The blessed message in Joplin, Mo. A church completely wasted. The cross still standing straight and true! Loud and clear, above the storm, amid the rubble, our Lord Jesus Christ proclaims that He will prevail!
Hallelujah! Sweet promise out of misery, death and destruction! , made of tempered steel and placed upon the rock it did endure! To see it during the Memorial Service in Joplin . this morning amid prayers, and the ringing notes of our national anthem! How can any deny Him? We may not see Him but The Faithful Living Christ is ever will not be silenced. Praise God
>If we don’t putGod on the throne in our schools and in our homes, the money won’t matter anymore<
That doesn’t work on the coasts.
Also with the inflation rate, and increased ‘vig’ demanded by the police state, that number will inflate significantly in the coming months, years, decade.
IN my area on NJ, you need to be making $80k/yr plus have employer paid health insurance by 35 to be able to afford a starter home in a decent school district.