$100,000 a year is the new $39,000.
In 1990, a $100,000 salary had the same buying power as about $255,000 today.
Today, $100,000 buys what roughly $39,000 bought in 1990.
A six-figure salary isnโt what it used to be.
A cost-of-living analysis comparing housing, education, healthcare, and household expenses suggests a full-time minimum-wage worker in 1971 had a lifestyle affordability similar to someone earning around an estimated six figures today.