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Edited by A Fly Lady:
3/11/2013 2:04:24 PM
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What People Earn
My husband and I watched a new show on the History Channel last night - "What People Earn". In the last few minutes of the show, they showed stats related to salary and happiness. The study showed that the salary where people had the most happiness was $74,000/yr. The study showed that people who make more than this per year were actually less happy.
The show also stated that the Median salary/wage in American is $50,000/yr. We also learned that just 6% of Americans earn more than $100,000/yr.
Talking about what we earn, what our hourly wage is, or what our salary is, is apparently still a very taboo subject and people are uncomfortable talking about what they make. Do you have problems talking about how much you make?
Do you think you'd be happier making more money? Would making more than $74,000/yr make you less happy?
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I make 12$ an hour, and Travis makes 19$ an hour. We both work fulltime. We're really content and happy with this amount. It allows us to pay bills, go out and enjoy our 20's, and go on vacation to random places for a weekend. I think it's the thought process on the whole idea that nothing holds any value if you don't have to really work to get it. If you make less than 74k, you actually have to work towards things, but if you make more - like 6 figures - it really doesn't take much to buy what you want. My ex made a good amount of money when I was younger, and he bought me everything I could ever want. That was a big part of why I wasn't happy in the relationship was because I never gave value to the things that I had, even though I wanted to have value in them. So, I'd say that I'm content making less than 74k.
