Depends on what you mean by "living well". On the Peninsula in a good neighborhood with a 2k+ sqft house and 2 kids in private school, yearly vacations, newish

Depends on what you mean by "living well". On the Peninsula in a good neighborhood with a 2k+ sqft house and 2 kids in private school, yearly vacations, newish cars? $400k household income minimum imo. It's really a meaningless numbers game - no matter where you live, you have to trim your lifestyle to what your income supports.