Current Events > Is 60k a year a lot for a 24 year old

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Or am I losing
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Secret bragging topic
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I have a 401k, that's like...a lot more than a 60k.
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Why do we need to breathe oxygen to survive?

-JBaLLEN66
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Average adult pulls less then 35k. So unless you live in an expensive state your doing well. Not "retire 20 years early" well but still
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That's literally the same situation I'm in rn. Get a pay boost in May tho
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I dunno man. I wonder if 115k a year is a lot for a 29 year old, so...
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I wonder if my penis can be a vagina if I believe in myself.
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Depends on where you live

In most places, as long as you aren't in NY or Cali or a super expensive city, you should be fine.
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Yes, in the sense that its better than average, so youre beating out a lot of people whose careers never took off or they got snagged somewhere along the way or picked a less profitable profession.

No, in the sense that its chump change in the business world. Your pay is rivaling young plumbers and electricians.
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29, 8 1/2 years of college. I work 10 hours a week for $9.35/hr as a cashier at a dollar store. But I live in Michigan too so that's not good either. It's all about the luck of the draw and who you know, and there's a heavy bias in favor of extraverts. The skillset of introverts isn't welcome. That would call for a more humane, orderly, and productive work environment. But who wants that, right?

Standard salary for an engineer
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Theres a lot of people in their 80s who would consider that rich.
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SrRd_RacinG posted...

I have a 401k, that's like...a lot more than a 60k.

I just checked, there is no section 60(k) of the Internal Revenue Code
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depends where you live, but that's a pretty good salary, imo
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Oh absolutely if you're not in a very expensive city/state. And especially if you have someone to split housing costs with. At your age, you should be saving as much as possible. Your invested savings will absolutely be snowballing by the time your in your mid 30s/40s.
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I live in Nashville, tn
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JBaLLEN66 posted...

I live in Nashville, tn

60k seems to be pretty good there based off of the cnn money calculator. I compared it to Pittsburgh anyways, and the cost of livings were almost identical

http://money.cnn.com/calculator/pf/cost-of-living/
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8-bit_Biceps posted...

29, 8 1/2 years of college. I work 10 hours a week for $9.35/hr as a cashier at a dollar store. But I live in Michigan too so that's not good either. It's all about the luck of the draw and who you know, and there's a heavy bias in favor of extraverts. The skillset of introverts isn't welcome. That would call for a more humane, orderly, and productive work environment. But who wants that, right?

I disagree with that assessment. Introversion shouldnt hurt you in your career so long as you treat it like any other handicap. Considering that extroversion dominates the population, there are plenty of them who fail to succeed. The strength of being withdrawn is spending more time focusing on yourself, which is a huge advantage towards taking actions to advance your personal station. The strength of being cautious is overcoming it and learning to choose when to be assertive.
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No. It is a lot if you consider the fact that most people in the US are poor as shit. Once you get beyond that though, it is piss money. Most people in the world are underachievers, and beating them really isn't something to be proud of.

Depends on where you live. In New York City its practically poverty. In the lands of corn and corn fields youre likely going to be in the top 10%.
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