Americans Feel They’d Need Over $230K A Year To Be Comfortable

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Are you financially comfortable? New research reveals that not too many of us are these days. According to a new Bankrate survey, Americans feel they would need to earn an average of $233-thousand a year to be secure or comfortable with their finances.

It would take about twice that much, roughly $438-thousand a year, for them to feel rich and have financial freedom. Both of those figures are a lot more than the average salary full-time workers made in 2021, which was $75,203, according to the Census Bureau.

It would take about twice that, roughly $438-thousand a year, to feel rich and have financial freedom.

The poll of just over 25-hundred adults finds that only 28% say they’re completely financially secure now.