36% of employees earning $100,000+ living paycheck to paycheck

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Considering what they pay in taxes, health insurance, life insurance, 401k, etc they may be bringing home $60K. Add on student loans, car loan/lease, and high cost of rent/mortgage in many areas of the country and $100K isn't a spectacular salary. Relocation isn't necessarily going to help either. If you move from one area with a higher rent/mortgage cost that only sort of solves part of the problem. If housing costs less then salaries are also usually less. You still have student loans, car loan/lease, credit cards, utilities, food, etc. Can one pay all of those monthly bills on a lower salary?