Past research has suggested that earning more money makes people happier until about $75,000 a year, at which point higher salaries are no longer associated with greater well-being. But recent findings published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences suggest that well-being increases steadily with income and does not plateau.
People who earned more money reported greater day-to-day well-being and better overall life satisfaction. In contrast to previous studies, the relationship was linear and did not plateau at $75,000.
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