I've been telling friends for a long time that in places like New York City and major cities of California, for a married couple with no kids, a working yearly household income should be around $250k just to live with respectable standards. If you want to live well, you need to bring in around $500k/year and in order to live incredibly comfortable, aim for about $750k/year.
Remember, this is just assuming it's 2 people living together. Add kids to it and it changes drastically.
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