How much do you want to make annually in your mid 30s?

Assume these figures are in todays dollars, although everything may likely cost ~40% more by the time we get to that age based on the prior decades inflation numbers

Ideal annual income by mid 30s?

$50k-$150k
0% (1 vote)
$150-$250k
4% (10 votes)
$250k-$300k
6% (16 votes)
$300k-$400k
9% (25 votes)
$400k-$500k
11% (29 votes)
$500k-$750k
18% (48 votes)
$750k-$1mm
17% (45 votes)
$1mm+
36% (97 votes)
Total votes: 271
10 Comments
 

Wow at first I thought the responses were high but perhaps these answers are based on what people expect things to cost by that point, CoL is wild in coastal cities

 
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U don't want to have higher level of money then level of your Brain and education level. 

than

If you got more brain then money

than

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