A new report lays bare just how much it takes to live the good life in California.
Americans say they’d need to earn $420,000 per year to feel financially secure, according to a survey conducted last year by Bankrate — but in parts of California, you’d need double that to be considered “rich.”
An analysis conducted by the San Francisco Chronicle found that in San Jose, Calif., which sits at the heart of Silicon Valley, you’d need to earn $878,000 annually to meet the threshold for “rich” — defined as the top 2.5% of earners in a particular area.
California metro areas dwarfed the rest of the country by this metric.
In San Francisco and Oakland…
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