One study found that increases in life satisfaction slow down and reverse with personal income growth past $105,000 per year.
Sources
- Higher income is associated with greater life satisfaction, and more stress (nature.com)
- https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11840126/ (pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
- https://www.researchgate.net/publication/321743107_Happiness_Income_Satiation_and_Turning_Points_Around_the_World (researchgate.net)
- https://www.richardcarrier.info/archives/13954 (richardcarrier.info)
- https://medium.com/research-digests-psychology/money-and-happiness-where-riches-meet-their-satiation-point-364b0e97d819 (medium.com)
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