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Yes, all the research says there is a direct correlation between income and happiness up until about $70k from memory, so around £58k (so around top 10% of earners in UK). After that increase's in happiness aren't correlated with increases in income, things like hobbies, family and social interactions, free time start to come in to play.
greentricky-
That sounds sensible.
Added to that, there's also the stress factor involved in highly paying jobs.
Earning £150k may mean you're not making difficult life choices, but working long hours for absolute cunts, in unstable employment, is not going to be great for your mental health.
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That makes a lot of sense.
I suppose the question is whether that’s driven by achieving an absolute material living standard or whether being in the top 10% somehow satisfies the envious monkey brain.
hugo7
NickCJ
Isn’t it like bikes? Up to a certain cutoff you do get a noticeable increase in performance (happiness) for your money, exceeding that it’s just fairly unnecessary refinements that get increasingly meaningless.