What's a good salary for a man in this area?

[Anonymous]

Given all this talk of men and salaries... what should a man be making in his 30s to be considered marriage material by women?

[Anonymous]

31 is different from 39. I would want him to be relatively equal to me.

[Anonymous]

2 million per year, minimum!! How else am I going to get a nice house in CC and international vacations??

[Anonymous]

Somewhere between $100k and $2M per year. It all depends on lifestyle and situation.

[Anonymous]

$200k with earning potential from there

[Anonymous]

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Given all this talk of men and salaries... what should a man be making in his 30s to be considered marriage material by women?

I would say $200K is the new $100K, would not date anyone who made less. Life is just too expensive. Also, it's a little less than I earn and I consider myself pretty feeble so a man earning less must have some serious issues unless involved in a high-prestige or high-creativity low-paying career, like basically science research/professional musician/published writer/working artist.

That said, a guy who is successful in one of these lesser-paid areas who is willing to shoulder more burden at home and is nice, fun/funny, brings an interesting life & social circle to the table, and is a good partner could also be appealing. Between the two of us $350+ is a nice lifestyle with the right person and 1-2 children.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Given all this talk of men and salaries... what should a man be making in his 30s to be considered marriage material by women?

I would say $200K is the new $100K, would not date anyone who made less. Life is just too expensive. Also, it's a little less than I earn and I consider myself pretty feeble so a man earning less must have some serious issues unless involved in a high-prestige or high-creativity low-paying career, like basically science research/professional musician/published writer/working artist.

That said, a guy who is successful in one of these lesser-paid areas who is willing to shoulder more burden at home and is nice, fun/funny, brings an interesting life & social circle to the table, and is a good partner could also be appealing. Between the two of us $350+ is a nice lifestyle with the right person and 1-2 children.

Lol you sound absolutely miserable to be around. The amount of single men making 200k is so small that you are limiting your dating pool to maybe 1% of the the entire US population. I guarantee you are not a 1% catch either.

I am so happy I moved out of DC years ago to get away from people like this.

[Anonymous]

I would say $200K is the new $100K, would not date anyone who made less.

That’s fewer than 10% of the guys in this area. What’s your plan?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

I would say $200K is the new $100K, would not date anyone who made less.

That’s fewer than 10% of the guys in this area. What’s your plan?

Where do you find this data?

[Anonymous]

Enough to put a roof over our heads and food on the table.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Enough to put a roof over our heads and food on the table.

The 1950's called, please go back.

[Anonymous]

I hope all the DCUM readers who are employers are adjusting their pay scales now so that no one in their 30’s is making less than 200K. And pass the word along!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

I would say $200K is the new $100K, would not date anyone who made less.

That’s fewer than 10% of the guys in this area. What’s your plan?

Where do you find this data?

https://dqydj.com/income-by-city/

[Anonymous]

I’m a type A personality. I want to be with someone who is driven to succeed. Like it or not, the measure of success is financial in the country.

I’m always trying to improve at work and am looking at what it takes to get to the next level. I don’t think I would be happy with a beta personality. So my answer is if I can earn $200k, why can’t he?