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What salary would make you happy?

In these current times, i would be happy with a boring office job which pays £15,000 a year after i graduate as it would pay my bills and mortgage. By the age of 30 i would want to be on a salary of £25,000 a year though (mortgage would be cleared and id be saving about 10k a year).

So what salary would make you happy?

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Reply 1

modem

10 syrian potatoes a week.

Reply 2

im so academic

Original post by 'James Hunt'

Salary is irrelevant. I would work for free for my perfect job.

Reply 3

M1F2R3

No salary can make me "happy". I wouldn't complain if I was on £80,000 + though...

Reply 4

happy-pink-gecko

Unlimited spending power for doing something I love and is enjoyable.

Reply 5

username234673

I'm 25, earning £20k, would like to be on £25k by October which I'd be very happy with considering my highest qualification is an A in GCSE maths.

Reply 6

Vijay2010

Original post by 'James Hunt'

Same, but I would want the opportunity to have a year off when I'm 28/29 so I can travel :smile:

Reply 7

cybergrad

One that covers my living costs, buy my house without a mortgage, frequent holidays abroad, allows me to buy a new car every 10 years or so and allows me to put a lot of money aside for my retirement at 50-55 year old.

Reply 8

Vijay2010

Original post by mikeyd85

I'm 25, earning £20k, would like to be on £25k by October which I'd be very happy with considering my highest qualification is an A in GCSE maths.

Living the life man....living the life <3

EDIT: How did I get neg repped for this?! Ah well, its only teh internetz :smile:

(edited 13 years ago)

Reply 9

ily_em

Depends what job I have. If I really love the job I'd be happier with a lower salary than if I was in a job I hated :teehee:

Reply 10

Nalced

Min wage. Money don't matter when you have a fun job with good people....until you need money to pay your medical bills, kids school and special cancer treatment for your mother.

Reply 11

Nalced

£1,000,000 sounds kinda good.

Reply 12

inksplodge

£20k a year sounds great

Reply 13

nunugab

I'd be comfortable with £3500 - 4000 a month.

Reply 14

RadioHawk

a billion pounds for 1 days work

Reply 15

BuzzKillington14

It'd be good to be on about £30000 at 35ish

Reply 16

noobynoo

I would be happy with £50k and 6 months off per year. That way it would average out about £25k per year but have lots of free time to do stuff. :smile:

Reply 17

username234673

Original post by Vijay2010

Living the life man....living the life <3

Damn straight! Got loads of awesome things coming up! A couple of really good gigs, a comedy night, the return of the F1 season, hopefully a trip to the Belgian GP this year, trips to the countryside, the perigee of the moon, band practice and the fair at the park. Add this lovely weather and I really couldn't ask for more!

Money is all good, but I really don't need much to be happy.

Reply 18

shishou_fuuin

I'd be happy to be getting ~£25k a year but I'd also want to enjoy my job at least a little. If I really enjoyed my job I'd settle for less and I'd probably be happier to work a little more. ;D