What percent of people do you know who weren't earning at least 75k a year by the time they were 30?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You should get out more. Meet different types of people.

Right? I can't believe OP isn't ashamed that she doesn't know a variety of people.

I don't really understand how you can be an adult and not know people who are over 50 (because none of them made 75K at 30), or work in service industries, etc . .

[Anonymous]

10 years ago, about half the people I knew. But you wouldn't know it from their lifestyles. High travel jobs, one was in the movie industry so he was always at parties/screenings, another in fashion so she had tons of free nice clothes.

[Anonymous]

Hi there! Me and my husband. We both have PhDs. He was still finishing his at 30, making about 30k a year. Now he is a professor and makes 60k.

I finished my PhD at 29, had a postdoc paying 65k, and I think I hit 75k around 32. Hope to break 100k this year, but basic science isn't the route to wealth.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You should get out more. Meet different types of people.

Right? I can't believe OP isn't ashamed that she doesn't know a variety of people.

I don't really understand how you can be an adult and not know people who are over 50 (because none of them made 75K at 30), or work in service industries, etc . .

It has to be quite the bubble. But then you'd imagine they employ people who make less....

[Anonymous]

I'm 47 and make $70K at my FT job. $20K at my PT job.

[Anonymous]

I was still finishing grad school (STEM PhD) when I turned 30, as did many people I know. Others were post-docs. I don't know exact percentages, but a lot of people I know weren't earning $75K at the age of 30.

[Anonymous]

I would guesstimate 50% of our friends, who are largely non profit workers, professors, etc. at 35ish, we are the exception amongst friends in both making six figures.

[Anonymous]

My DH and myself. We were postdocs after finishing PhDs. Go to NIH or any research institute. You’ll find plenty of similar people. Medical residents also don’t earn much during training.
You sound seriously ignorant, OP.

[Anonymous]

I was making 63k at age 41, with a PhD.

I am now about to retire (mid-60’s) and make $180k+

[Anonymous]

Look at the damn census data. The majority of Americans do not make $70k per year. $70k+ is above the median HHI, and that's typically 2 salaries these days. DCUM never fails to show how out of touch it is with money and how your average American lives.

[Anonymous]

I work for the government, so plenty.

[Anonymous]

I made poverty wages until I was in my mid-thirties (completed a masters program and performed a career pivot).

[Anonymous]

OP, do you not know anyone who makes under $75K bc you were raised in a bubble or bc they're too beneath you to talk to them?

[Anonymous]

I’m 34 and make 60k (social worker). I have quite a few friends that weren’t making 75k at 30, some working in social work, others are teachers, some are architects, and a couple are working in editing and publishing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm 45 and make $66,000 as a lawyer at a nonprofit. OP, you have a very narrow view of the world.

I agree the OP is grossly out of touch or a troll, but $66K seems pretty darn low for a mid-career lawyer. Not a lawyer so I’m curious: is this common?