There is a very relevant set of articles right now on reddit on this topic. It started when an Austrian software engineer published his entire spending, and wh

There is a very relevant set of articles right now on reddit on this topic. It started when an Austrian software engineer published his entire spending, and where every cent of his taxes goes, in this post: https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/7h2idb/what_my_gross_income_of_60000year_is_actually/ https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/7h2idb/wha... Other users, employed in all industries, quickly responded, some from Japan https://redd.it/7h99vj https://redd.it/7h99vj , Seattle https://redd.it/7h6bsr https://redd.it/7h6bsr , Brisbane, Australia https://redd.it/7h9gpe https://redd.it/7h9gpe , New York City https://redd.it/7has76 https://redd.it/7has76 , rural TN https://redd.it/7hbhe9 https://redd.it/7hbhe9 , London, UK https://redd.it/7h9tjf https://redd.it/7h9tjf , a Major in the US Air Force https://redd.it/7ha2q0 https://redd.it/7ha2q0 , and another one from Switzerland https://redd.it/7hbehc https://redd.it/7hbehc There’s dozens more posts, I can’t link them all, you can find the rest at https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/ https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/ – but many of them show how people can live very successfully on low wages, and others yet struggle with much more money.