What is the perfect salary to be happy?

[Fulcrum29]

Ever see a sad person in a lambo? Exactly

https://imgur.com/iZ6PTod

 

[SAguy]

Maybe they're sad on the inside, that's why they bought one. People buy lambos to impress others, it's not the most practical car and it's expensive to maintain. Have to worry about where it's parked, the low profile is difficult on speed bumps and ditches. Also you get a lot of unwanted attention. It actually creates a lot of anxiety having a lambo.

Or because they can afford it and love the car...

 

[Mike Hoxbig]

Maybe they're sad on the inside, that's why they bought one. People buy lambos to impress others, it's not the most practical car and it's expensive to maintain. Have to worry about where it's parked, the low profile is difficult on speed bumps and ditches. Also you get a lot of unwanted attention. It actually creates a lot of anxiety having a lambo.

If I'm driving a Lambo, I give a fsck about practicality and maintenance costs. Wife will have a luxury SUV to cart the kid around, and he'll have his own car when he's older...

 

[Sanzer]

How long is a piece of string...the amount is different for each person.

 

[RunningFromFat]

Huh, are you serious? That's like living frugally for a single person at best... vehicle, housing and medical aid will eat up all of that money plus more. In my view a single person should be comfortable with R30k after tax, married couple R50k.

You're a touch out of reality here. If the average South African salary is R15k(google*)then you are basically saying at least half of the working population are unhappy.

 

[Aghori]

You're a touch out of reality here. If the average South African salary is R15k(google*)then you are basically saying at least half of the working population are unhappy.

I'd wager that more than half of them are unhappy.

 

[ToxicBunny]

You're a touch out of reality here. If the average South African salary is R15k(google*)then you are basically saying at least half of the working population are unhappy.

Way more than half are unhappy.

 

[RunningFromFat]

Way more than half are unhappy.

Potentially, but how do you define happiness?

 

[Aghori]

I've been living on 15K up to recently and have been pretty happy. Didn't have medical aid though, vehicle bought secondhand cash, and renting.

That explains it then. Bond for a 2M property is prob around R15k alone.

 

[rietrot]

You're a touch out of reality here. If the average South African salary is R15k(google*)then you are basically saying at least half of the working population are unhappy.

Half the population live in shacks. So yeah.
You could probably live in a shack and still be happy.

 

[RedViking]

That explains it then. Bond for a 2M property is prob around R15k alone.

Yeah I am looking for a 1M property, but it is shocking what is available. Specially for an "architectural" couple.

Too bad building is now stupid expensive as well.

 

[RunningFromFat]

Half the population live in shacks. So yeah.
You could probably live in a shack and still be happy.

Working population?

 

[Quicks]

Money can't make you happy.

Money can buy anything including happiness you just do not know where to shop!!!

 

[rietrot]

Working population?

Yeah, kinda

6mil registered formal housing in SA.
11 mil households.

5 mil households live in shacks or a backroom or multiple families in one home.

Mostly with one working person supporting multiple others.

 

[6spdmanual]

For me as 6spdmanual, a relatively young person with not much in the way of commitments - the perfect salary for me would be a nett of R40K.

 

[Polymathic]

I would say 15 000 for a single person and 25 000 for a couple.

Bond : 4000
Household: Insurance: R1000
Home Internet: R1000
Phone + data : R1000
Groceries: R1500
Medical Aid+ Gap + Hospital Insurance: R2000
Vehicle + Insurance: R3000
Petrol: R2000
DSTV (for the spurts) + Streaming Services+ VPN : ~R1500

At a Take home of R20,000 for a single person and you'd be living a really high standard of living and with total peace of mind. It seems you are one the money when it comes to a couple with no kids though.

 

[SAguy]

Married couple with two kids to live in a upper middle class suburb like Pinelands in CPT (without any daddy/mommy money) you'd probably need to nett in the region of about R120k as a couple to be comfortable.

That's not even anywhere close to driving a lambo...

 

[Pineapple Smurf]

I would say 15 000 for a single person and 25 000 for a couple.

I would give my left testicle to take that home each month

 

[SAguy]

Bond : 4000
Household: Insurance: R1000
Home Internet: R1000
Phone + data : R1000
Groceries: R1500
Medical Aid+ Gap + Hospital Insurance: R2000
Vehicle + Insurance: R3000
Petrol: R2000
DSTV (for the spurts) + Streaming Services+ VPN : ~R1500

At a Take home of R20,000 for a single person and you'd be living a really high standard of living and with total peace of mind. It seems you are one the money when it comes to a couple with no kids though.

Bond of R4000? That's a house of like R500k

 

[Pineapple Smurf]

Bond : 4000
Household: Insurance: R1000
Home Internet: R1000
Phone + data : R1000
Groceries: R1500
Medical Aid+ Gap + Hospital Insurance: R2000
Vehicle + Insurance: R3000
Petrol: R2000
DSTV (for the spurts) + Streaming Services+ VPN : ~R1500

At a Take home of R20,000 for a single person and you'd be living a really high standard of living and with total peace of mind. It seems you are one the money when it comes to a couple with no kids though.

Thats a small grocery bill, I spend more than that on beer each month