Millennials need $525K a year to ‘feel happy’ while baby boomers content with $124K: poll

New York Post - 21/11
Roughly 60% of Americans believe money can buy happiness — though the price tag to achieve joy varies greatly between generations, according to a new poll by financial firm Empower.

Nearly 60% of Americans believe money can buy happiness — but the price tag varies widely between generations, according to a new poll.

Millennials born between 1981 and 1996 have the loftiest financial standards, requiring an annual salary that tops $525,947 to “feel happy,” according to financial firm Empower, which surveyed more than 2,000 American adults.

Millennials’ ideal paycheck is more than four times bigger than that of their elder counterparts — Baby Boomers born between 1946 and 1964 — who say they can comfortably live on a $124,165-per-year salary.

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