It seems like you need to make $100k minimum to get ahead in life.

[MikeLowrrrey]

I'm talking just modest living, in a modest city, single with no kids. Anything less than $100k is COPE.

401k.
Roth IRA.
Healthcare.
All bills paid.
Zero debt. 2015 Toyota.



If you have $1500 leftover you're winning IMO. That's just enough for emergency savings, then investing in stocks, real estate, and some crypto.

[Cleveland33]

Man how am i doing it with a kid...

[tripod29]

Well, yeah? College graduates start their career making at the minimum 100k. By the time they get some actual work experience they will make much more and able to live more comfortable.

[Anachron]

So start making $100K...

[MikeLowrrrey]

Well, yeah? College graduates start their career making at the minimum 100k. By the time they get some actual work experience they will make much more and able to live more comfortable.

$100k starting salary? This is false. Only elite tier graduates start off at $100k.

The vast majority of STEM start at $65k. And again, they still have student loans and credit card bills to pay.

[Anachron]

$100k starting salary? This is false. Only elite tier graduates start off at $100k.

The vast majority of STEM start at $65k. And again, they still have student loans and credit card bills to pay.

Both student loans and credit card bills are the result of their poor choices in life.

[LtGoose]

I'd rope if I owned a Toyota

[pojo18]

Well, yeah? College graduates start their career making at the minimum 100k. By the time they get some actual work experience they will make much more and able to live more comfortable.

As often as I'm seeing this, it has to be trolling lol.

no one is starting at $100k unless its a nepotism hire, you're in a niche-STEM field coming out of a top school (ivy league), or MAYBE you live in NYC/San-Francisco.

I believe the national average entry level salary of a chemical engineer is around ~$88k .

[MikeLowrrrey]

Both student loans and credit card bills are the result of their poor choices in life.

The credit cards, yeah. Student loans and car note, no. But that's besides the point, $100k is the minimum threshold to get by IMO. And it takes years reaching that level.

[Anachron]

The credit cards, yeah. Student loans and car note, no. But that's besides the point, $100k is the minimum threshold to get by IMO. And it takes years reaching that level.

Did someone hold a gun to their head to get the student loans?

Or to get a car while they have no income?

They chose to get that debt.

[BitchslapLibs]

Depends on where you live. I can live comfortably off 90K in red states. But where I am in Seattle, I have to make $200K to live comfortably.

[LeftistGent]

$100k is laughable these days, not even sure I know anyone making less than that at this point tbh. If you're making less than $100k in the US you're doing it completely wrong

[pojo18]

Depends on where you live. I can live comfortably off 90K in red states. But where I am in Seattle, I have to make $200K to live comfortably.

This goes without saying.

I've done the math and could live in my state according to OP's standards on ~$85k/year.

the same standard is probably ~$70k in some back river country town down south, and $160k+ in NYC.