Maybe it’s because of where I live (Inland Empire), or my age (25) but most of my friends would fall between $30K and $60K…I won’t state my personal income, but it’s in that range.

And maybe it’s because people with higher incomes tend to be more interested in a site like Piggington, but it seems like most people here are raking in the dough (at least compared to me).

So here’s how the other half lives, guys: most people I know, 25-35, with or without kids, have a credit card with a couple thousand bucks on it, two car loans (most pretty modest cars, with loans being in the $15,000 range), and just saving what’s left in the meager hope that maybe someday you’ll be able to afford a home so you don’t have to raise kids in an apartment. How do we make ends meet? Shop at Costco, buy clothes at Target or even WalMart, try not to eat out too often, cutting back everywhere you can. There are people in that age range that are going around in designer everything, expensive cars, etc., but they are deep, deep, depp in debt and haven’t even begun to think of the future.

I think for a lot of you it might feel like most people make over $100 K, and for you and your friends it’s probably true- but when you look at society as a whole, I think you’ll find that a $100K+ salary is not the norm.