Study reveals the average salary needed for happiness
At these prices, despair might be all you can afford.
It turns out Germans require nearly half that much money to be happy: $85,781.
Dubai residents, meanwhile, need the most money to be happy at a whopping $276,150. (The United States wasn’t specifically measured.)
Wealth is another story with this study. Globally, those surveyed said they needed about $1.8 million to feel wealthy. Americans were more modest, saying they needed around $1 million to feel wealthy. Singapore and Dubai had the highest standard for wealth at $2.9 million and $2.5 million, respectively.
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