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Even 500k or even 250k as a lump sum would be huge. People here tend to get caught up in the exorbitant salaries of NBA players and say things like million isn’t what it used to be due to at that moment seeing it through the eyes of a 7 to 9 figure earner with their lavish lifestyle. But, for average person their salary has not sky rocketed to keep up with inflation with a big one being housing costs. And likely never had a time they had such a huge lump sum of money available at once to invest, pay off debts, or put towards down payment towards a home.
Even 500k or even 250k as a lump sum would be huge. People here tend to get caught up in the exorbitant salaries of NBA players and say things like million isn’t what it used to be due to at that moment seeing it through the eyes of a 7 to 9 figure earner with their lavish lifestyle. But, for average person their salary has not sky rocketed to keep up with inflation with a big one being housing costs. And likely never had a time they had such a huge lump sum of money available at once to invest, pay off debts, or put towards down payment towards a home.
In fact, the typical person’s wages have increased more than inflation.
https://www.statista.com/statistics/1351276/wage-growth-vs-inflation-us/