The Australia Desk · Story 6

Why does $100k feel like an average wage?

A top weekly thread from r/AusFinance, drawing 640 score and 820 comments.

It rose to the top of The Australia Desk, making it a useful signal for what this audience argued about or shared this week.

Key details

  • r/AusFinance ranked it at story 6 for The Australia Desk.
  • 820 Reddit comments were reported on the source post.

Discussion angles

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  • Why r/AusFinance pushed it above surrounding stories.
  • Whether the discussion has broader relevance beyond the subreddit.

Top comments

The top 5 comments collected for this story carried 2,607 combined score. The quotes below are short excerpts from the highest-ranked visible comments.

Because a sausage roll in Perth costs $9.60
u/SweetMe10dy · 879 score
100k in 2020 is equivalent to 122,842.70 today. 100k in 2015 is equivalent to 132,457.37 today. 100k in 2010 is equivalent to 148,437.62 today. 100k in 2005 is equivalent to 171,878.52 today. 100k in 2000 is equivalent to 199,566.79 today....
u/HappiHappiHappi · 822 score
laughs in 70k p.a
u/Boiling_Platypus · 370 score
Yeah, these 20s people complaining about being on 100k after a couple of years outside uni... FML, took me starting my own business to do that in my mid 30s.
u/Kornstar04 · 307 score
100k in 1985 is equivalent to 363,634.69 today That bought you a house in a nicer part of Sydney in 1985. $364,634.69 wouldn't even get you a one bedroom apartment in the same suburb.
u/AnonymousEngineer_ · 229 score
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