Ladies, How much money does a guy need to make to raise a healthy family?

[DoctorSex]

$25,000 +

$35,000+

$45,000+

$70,000+

100,000+

[letuswaltzforthedead]

It depends on where you live. Everyone I know of has been able to raise their families fine on less than 35,000 annually. This is for 1-4 kids, I don't know any family bigger. If you live on a relatively cheap area, you could possibly raise a family on a solo income of 25k-30k. You could possibly raise a family on cheaper but it would be more difficult. You would probably have to make upwards of 84k to live in a state like California, more comfortably if you make above 100,000.

[MzAsh]

Depends on where you live. You can probably get away with a household income of 60k in the Midwest and not suffer, but that’s not ideal. Anywhere else it’s going to be closer to 100k if you’re raising a family and raising them well.

[exitseven]

I heard a bank guy on the radio yesterday he said that you need to make 135K to buy a house in my areaa.

[exitseven]

THanks for the MHO😎

[Guy13]

Sole income in middle America, not NY, NJ, MA, CA, then 100,000.

[dustybiker]

There are families that travel the world in a bus, scraping by. The ones I have seen seem happy and have valuable worldly experience the rest of us might never get. Money isn’t everything. Living is.

[Amy10223]

That would depend on where he lives and the size of his family. If he lives in California, NYC, the northeast or Hawaii, he needs a lot of money to support a family. Those states are very expensive to live in.