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- Massachusetts $116,476
- New Jersey $115,882
- Maryland $114,339
- Hawaii $111,939
- California $111,277
- New Hampshire $110,869
- Washington $110,432
- Colorado $107,903
- Utah $107,398
- Connecticut $106,721
- Alaska $106,294
- Virginia $102,322
$100k is $25k in 1980 dollars. Yet we're still fighting to get $15 wages in some places, which is still too low to live on.
Yeah, this is something people don't seem to understand - being a millionaire today is not the same idea as it was 30-40-50 years ago. Hell, you could be a millionaire in name only just by inheriting that house your grandpa bought some 50 years ago for $100k, but today it's worth 1.5-2mil just for the land it is on...
Yeah in Hawaii 100k is like, not middle class at all. That's barely getting by.
Seattle too. I'm just surprised that more people want to live in New Jersey than Hawaii.
Well, I guess I'm poor.
We all are my dude
this post was submitted on 29 Apr 2026
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