What salary do you consider to be well off? I was asked out buy a man tonight but he mentioned that he made over 50 grand a year & to me that's too wealthy, I think alot of rich people are snobby. What's wealthy to you?
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Lisa, $50,000 is not wealthy. I make much more than that and I'm still struggling at times. You can not judge somebody from their salary. I am not snobby. I was raised very poor and worked my ass off to get where I am today. Please do not think that all people who earn more money than others are snobby.
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I would say that over $200,000 a year is wealthy.
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The amount a person makes isn't so important as the amount they save and how much time they have. If you have to work 84 hours a week to make any salary...then you have no real wealth in the world, cause time is far more precious than money. If you have no savings, you have no security, regardless of salary, and all your 'wealth' is in the wind. Strictly on a monetary basis - I wouldn't count someone wealthy unless they could live off of their own capital gains (the interest earned on their investments). Anyone who has to work a job - if they make 50k or 150k, isn't wealthy. 50k is barely above average for the nation though....it might depend on where you live, but in a lot of places you are just scraping by with that much. I do find it odd that he would mention how much he makes.
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I would agree $200,000.00 a year is wealthy..but lisa you and me could go places :)
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No one is wealthy who makes 200,000.00 a year but spends 350,000.00. It's all a matter of zero's.
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Snobby is as snobby does. Don't judge based on income. I know people that make millions and they are great. I know people who make less than 50k and dang they are rude as all get out. And vice versa is true as well. If someone is a good person, their income doesn't matter. Good luck!!
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Lisa that is not wealthy,and some but not all rich people are snobs. The other thing is they can be a big cheese today and broke or in jail or both.its on the news every day. Go out with people because you find then interesting or fun or just plain nice not because of money in any way. Now mother will go away and leave you alone!!!
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If you consider fifty grand to be rich, you must live in a VERY poor part of the country. Granted, that is more than double what I earn but if my household income is any clue, $50K is only marginally above poverty. It's barely middle class these days! To even live where I do, a two-person household needs $37K/yr. Wealthy to me is over $200K/yr. My folks earn a combined $150K+ and they are not quite wealthy, merely financially secure. How many wealthy, snobby people drive a '95 Celica? Wickels and Lisa - You missed something. Do you live in an area where you can get rent AND utilities for under $1,000/month? With enough left over for food? And how about a car; we totally lack mass transit. We drive over 300 miles a week just to get to/from work. That's at least $60/week for gas, not counting maintenance. Don't forget about heat and hot water; you probably get those included with your rent. Last year, my wife and I grossed about $38K and we are BARELY getting by with no room for error.
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Too wealthy?? Are you still a student?? We make about 67 a year and are freaking poor, like I had to cut my cable this summer because I couldn't afford the $50 a month. Out of School (7 years university) and only one child... 50 for a single person isn't a lot, especially if he's finished any sort of educated...owns a house and such...
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I have met a multi millionaire and he was not a snob at all,and in fact wanting to help others to gain what he has.I think one is wealthy at 10 million or more.
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Ho 50K a year is no way too wealthy
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I make around that and it actually is enough for me which is surprising being from California and knowing that I was making decent amount of money since I was 22 where the Cost of Living is higher than 95% of the other states in USA. Wealthy to me is those that make 100K a year minimum...and alot of rich people are snobby sometimes but alot of them are compassionate as well. It depends on the person.
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Some rich people are snobby, but some poor people are snobby. I make almost $80,000 a year and feel very wealthy because it's about twice as much as I've ever made. But I am in no way snobby. I think it's pretty presumptive to assume anything about anyone based on his or her income.
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I think it's odd that he told you how much money he made... that part would make me wonder about him. However, $50k a year is not wealthy. My salary is $41k/year and if I was on my own, I wouldn't even be able to afford to rent a decent apartment, let alone drive a decent car, or have ANY money left for anything non-essential. Combined, my partner and I make about $100k a year, and we can't even buy a house. I suppose this has a lot to do with where you live (I live in a very expensive area). How much someone makes shouldn't be the determining factor in whether or not you want to know them. If they are a snob, they are a snob - and would be one regardless of their income. I know a lot of people with considerable incomes, and none of them are snobby. I'm sorry you've met those people - but I have a feeling that they'd act better than you even if they didn't have the money. Some people are just like that. To answer your last question, wealthy to me would be something over $200-$300k a year.
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50K is no where near wealthy, especiall for a family to live on. Maybe as a single guy in a cheaper housing area like the rural areas in the midwest, 50k would go a long way. Here in CA, 50k for a family is near poverty. I make over 50k and still drive a 23 year old pick up truck because a new car payment would blow up my budget. It is all perspective I suppose, I do not go without food or anything, but am far from wealthy.
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I make $55,000 a year, I am single, not dating, no family, no habits to speak of, I live alone, and I live in So Calif. Just for a little 1BR apt. I pay out $1225/mo. My cable bill alone is around $135!...I have no savings, as I live from paycheck to paycheck, God forbid if something were to happen to me. Cost of living here is outrageous in Orange County.
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That's not too wealthy. Maybe for a single person it would be doing well. But if you throw in a family that is really just middle class. I would consider well off to be on the upwards of $100K per year.
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Wealthy to me is having what you want to live the way you wish. I could not put a dollar figure on that because it would be different for everyone depending on where and how you live. I am bothered by the fact that he has made his income a point of conversation without really knowing you. But I wouldn't write him off as a snob simply on that point. Have date with him and see if you think him a snob after that ... one date does not equal any kind of committment on anyone's part.
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The average salary in the US is what? - 32 thousand or 40 thousand. 50k is not "too rich". People who brag about what they earn are snobby. A lot of rich folks have class.
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well off = enough to cover the expense of living + being able to chose what you want to do when you want to do it. i made $250,000 in a year when i was 22 years old. i didnt become snobby, i became very responsible and humble. $ = freedom to me, because it allows for many optins
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The highest level of Financial wealth must be when you never have any practical need to know and could not care less how much money you have. And I bet those who are at that level are just as fallible to having faults as the rest of us : )
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I never really thought of it before, and I don't think I have a good answer, but I laughed when I read this question. I don't intend any disrespect, but it's just that I make more than $50K/year, and I've never considered myself "wealthy" (and I still didn't, back when I was still making that amount). So, regarding your observation about wealth and snobbishness, I think it has much less to do with income than individual personality. Ignorant and insecure people may believe that having more money makes them more important than other people, and therefore not have to acknowledge them. To me, money is just economic security. I sleep better at night knowing the bills can be paid. I'm not better than anyone else, and I'm probably a lesser person than many living on a fixed income. So give the guy a chance to succeed or fail with you based on his individual merit, and don't worry so much about his income. Maybe success hasn't spoiled him.
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I spend 50 grand a year on liquor and coke.
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I think that no matter how much money people have they will always want more..not everybody but most.
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"Rich" is dependent on where you live. In NYC, 50 grand wouldn't even get you a single person's subsistence living. In rural Iowa it might be "rich" though. Where I live, (which is somewhere in-between) we manage with three people on $50Kish a year just barely, by being very careful with our money. Now if you started telling me 500K a year, that's going to be rich anywhere. But I've met rich people (like more than that rich) who you'd never know they were rich if you didn't already know. And I've met rich people who weren't very rich, but boy, they lived like they were rich, and it was disgusting. To me, the person matters more than the salary, and if he came across as snobby, it's not because of his money, it's because he's snobby. If he didn't, don't assume a decent (but that's not even a great salary really) salary is going to make him snobby! And not to be mean, but it sounds like his salary has made YOU snobby, really. You're judging him by his salary, not by himself.
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Whatever I earn I am still me. Poverty has its own form of inverted snobbery. I would be asking myself questions like "Do I like this person?" "Does he behave snobbishly?" "Do we communicate well?" "What do i want from a date?" All that sort of stuff.
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To me, wealthy means never having to check your bank balance before you decide to buy something. tha ability to buy anything you want. BTW, wealth does not make people snobby. People are who they are regardless of wealth. Some of the most down to earth people I know are incredibly wealthy.
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When my son was in the Navy, his friend came up with a scheme that would make $100 a day, and Sonny called me about how rich he was going to be and buy us a new house and car. (It did not work out) I had to laugh, because Hubby makes over $300 a day, and we aren't rich. We are making mortgage payments on an older house, and have to save a long time to buy a new car, which we then drive for 10 years while we save up for another one. (We don't like credit). I got around $100,000 inheritance from my parents estate, put it in savings. It put my two sons through college (local four year), and is now paying my three Grandsons college. My sister spent hers all in five years and is now being supported by the government.
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There are many types of wealth, and income is just one of them. Personally, I would never base any relationship on income. Snobbery happens in all income brackets. A person of good character and good heart is very wealthy. A person of knowledge too.
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I depends on where you live. 50 Grand a year is good, but around here everyone's pretty much middle class. For that I've tried to move into a new house with 4 roommates who all make minimum wage plus really good tips, but we could never afford even the crappiest place where we live. I only think someone is too wealthy when they waste their money or take advantage of it. Like you said, snobbery. If they know that being wealthy is a privilege, I don't mind how much money they have.
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im a 26 y.o. hs grad making about 53k/yr.. i live in a 3000 sq/ft one family house with four roommates and i feel as if i am living the life right now!! i date very much and have a great social and work life. living on the beach doesnt hurt either.. my parents used to make about 220k between them and drove beat to hell cars and were neve stuck up..really depends on the person, not the money
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You are wealthy when you have everything you need and have many options about what to do with the rest of your life. I'm more interested in the guy being self-sufficient and loving, handy around the house & well-groomed.
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150,000 a year!!!
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Above 100k. I would consider this quite well off in this day and age. Anything below is struggling!!
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its all in the books. income v expenses. You can make 50 K a year and be in the hole. It can be all about managing your money. Here are some guidelines for 2008. 2008 HHS Poverty Guidelines Persons in Family or Household 48 Contiguous States and D.C. Alaska Hawaii 1 $10,400 $13,000 $11,960 2 14,000 17,500 16,100 3 17,600 22,000 20,240 4 21,200 26,500 24,380 5 24,800 31,000 28,520 6 28,400 35,500 32,660 7 32,000 40,000 36,800 8 35,600 44,500 40,940 For each additional person, add 3,600 4,500
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What would bother me is not how much he makes, but that he would have to tell you how much when he asked you for a date.
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50 grand a year is not wealthy. In fact you could consider it barely above poverty. It is hard to judge to someones wealth on salary alone because most people that have extreme wealth create it by other means. Also a persons wealth is relative to what region they live in. In NYC because the cost of living is extremely high 50k would considered to be about the poverty level. Same with certain areas of the Bay Area. Wealthy to me is if you are on fortune 1000.
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Depends on your overhead. If you have more going out, than in, it doesn't matter how much you make.
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