After $75000 (in 2010), increased wages do not increase life satisfaction.

In 2010 the authors of Thinking Fast and Slow, Daniel Kahneman and Angus Deaton performed a study in which they found that there is a positive correlation between income and subjective ratings of overall life satisfaction, but that correlation only exists between 75k/year (2010 dollars). After $75000, increases in salary did not increase reported measures of life satisfaction.

Today that’s:

https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=%2475000+in+2010&assumption=%7B%22C%22%2C+%22in%22%7D+-%3E+%7B%22EnglishWord%22%7D&assumption=%22HMConvertOrder%22+-%3E+%7B%22ThenToNow%22%2C+%22%2475000%22%2C+%222010%22%7D

In [Your Money or Your Your Money or Your Life this is referred to as the Money/Fullfillment Curve, and drawn out like such:


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