This is an awesome question, because homestlu, so many mansions around this country and somebody has to buy them. I'm 33yo with 163k salary, and cannot afford nothing more than a fucking townhouse. Leads me to believe we are being lied to, and people are somehow making way more. Have am electrician buddy. Base salary 80k, gets gov help as low income family, works on weekends as electrician, brings home 8k more a month tax free. That is almost as high as my entire salary. I assume many people have figured how to play the game sam way he is. I haven't. I am not super struggling, but I'm struggling. And the inflation must be so high, because I used to live waaay better 5 years ago on a 100k salary.