re: Age when you first made 100k at your job

That seems like a valuable career to have. I feel like I am screwed in the career I am in. I make decent money 70K a year but there is zero room for advancement. I work in logistics but I hate it. Also I have a political Science degree which isnt worth much. It is discouraging to be stuck in a rut like this not knowing how your career will pan out.

I had an offer for 100k on the dot a month ago. I'm a 36 year old physical therapist. I turned it down because my health insurance would've gone up by almost 5 figures from the sweet deal I have at my current job, where I make in the high 80s and get double the pdo. I also just really like the place I work. Should hit it by about 38/39 working about a weeks worth of overtime.

It's definitely what you save. My mortgage is 985/ month after buying down here in south Florida in 2011 and i could sell my house tomorrow for 2.5x what we paid for it ( wish I would've bought a bigger one ).

I was 30 when I first hit 6 figures - but that included a 5 year PhD program. My wife was 26 when she hit 6 figures (lawyer).

As mentioned earlier, it is all relative. My wife made a lot of money early, but we lived in Manhattan. The cost of living there isn't as exorbitant as most make it out to be, but it is definitely noticeable.

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I've been reluctant to post in the retirement age/income threads. Regardless, there are a number of posts about folks hitting 100k in their twenties, so I think it is par for the course.

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I would have posted earlier, but I've been traveling the last 2 weeks.

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I make 60k wife makes 45k we are both degreed.

We manage money well and have low car payments and no CC debt . Mortgage on a 200k house . No kids .

We are both 29 and after all bills save around $1500 a month .

Could we make more ? Yes , but we are both home everyday by 5 and have our weekends off .

Kinda boggles me that I know some people who make 150-200k a year and have no savings living paycheck to paycheck .

I don't envy those that work late and travel often .

I, for one, can look at Argentinian steak pictures all day.

When I was in my 20's and early 30's it was a big deal to make six figure when young....it seems like you guys that are in your 20's and 30's now see it as very attainable, and that is a good thing. I am in my 50's now and doing better than I ever thought back then. Made my first 100k year at 31...i still live on a budget tho, have paid off everything, and have invested well..as soon as these kids get out of college I will be done for good and toasting the beach with my coffee cup every morning...as others have said, it's not what you make, it's what you save.

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From Louisiana, but would have likely never hit 100K if I hadn't moved away to start my career.

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As much as it pains me to agree, ^this