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Income and well-being

Relationships between income, life evaluation, and experienced emotional well-being.

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Higher income is associated on average with higher life evaluation and experienced well-being, but the emotional-well-being relationship varies across people and is not captured by one universal income threshold.

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Last reviewed: August 11, 2026

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