I feel that. Not sure I will ever be "comfortable". I feel super blessed that I

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May 31, 2023
4:40:19pm

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bought my first home in 2014. I am definitely below that comfortable threshold.

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CNBC: You need to make $68.5k post-tax income to live comfortably in America

jrifkin48

5/31/23 10:01am

I'm assuming these figures are for a single person and not a family with kids

Indy Coug

5/31/23 10:02am

RE: I'm assuming these figures are for a single person and not a family with kids

supertux

5/31/23 10:05am

Yes. I clicked the article specifically to find that.

fbguru

5/31/23 10:05am

CNBC and I have completely different definitions of comfortably.

crack

5/31/23 10:05am

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materialized

5/31/23 10:05am

People don't have kids who want them because both parents have to work

CougarMandias

5/31/23 1:19pm

Well then I am VERY uncomfortable

BYU Tuba

5/31/23 10:06am

right. Lots of people are raising families (4-6) in homes they bought for about

Mayor of Cougartown

5/31/23 4:23pm

Cramer has a message for anyone who disagrees...(2:27 if it's not automatic)

crack

5/31/23 10:08am

Haha, that is amazing!

NumbersGuy

5/31/23 10:17am

Jim Cramer looks like half the dudes arrested on an episode of Cops

jrifkin48

5/31/23 10:25am

This number is the minimum. To avoid any non-emergency debt.

DataMouth

5/31/23 10:11am

That was a question.

DataMouth

5/31/23 10:13am

Most people aren’t saving 20% — these studies are so dumb

2FarGone

5/31/23 10:14am

For a single person w/o kids, that seems pretty reasonable.

OPINIONS

5/31/23 10:19am

Median income is ~45k pre-tax FWIW

vagabonder

5/31/23 11:00am

So $100k salary average. People are in trouble

Nat Gas Man

5/31/23 11:43am

I love the caveat at the end of the video...

moknowssports

5/31/23 12:08pm

I feel that. Not sure I will ever be "comfortable". I feel super blessed that I

TriForce

5/31/23 4:40pm

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