We All Feel Broke AF, And That’s Gotta Be A Big Strain On People

There is a lot of nuance and confusion around money discussions, however.

I don’t love CNN, and a lot of Bankrate studies are small sample size and tedious to get clickbait headlines, but I’ll bite on this particular Friday! Here’s one with 2,500 U.S. adults:

Here's what Americans say they need to earn to feel rich, or even just financially secure | CNN…

Here’s the main section you need to understand:

More than 2,500 US adults said they would need to earn, on average, $233,000 a year to feel financially secure and $483,000 annually to feel rich or to attain financial freedom, according to a new survey from Bankrate.

For context, in 2021 the median for a full-time U.S. worker was $56,473, so most people are apparently 4x off what they need to feel “secure.”

Obviously that’s going to scale stress, without a doubt.