Comment by neogodless

The numbers made my eyes jump out a little, though I need to remember that "six figures" when I was a ten would be over $250,000 now, a few decades later.

And I'm in the U.S., Pennsylvania instead of Alabama, though they should be similar. (COL site says PA is 20% more expensive on average.)

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/rankings/opportunity...

Of note, Alabama is one of the cheapest states to live in nationally. I would think that a $100K USD income would still allow for a healthy amount of extravagance and savings, though that would require financial literacy.