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Do you think that winning the lottery will make you happier? It won’t. Despite being able to buy anything you wish, within a few months you will return to your baseline happiness level. This is because we human beings have a tendency to remain at relatively stable happiness levels despite a change in fortune or the achievement of ma jor goals. As a person makes more money, expectations and desires rise and so there is no permanent gain in happiness. This is also known as the “hedonic treadmill.� 30 As it turns out, people with an annual household income of $75,000 are as happy as anyone can get.

Household incomes below $75k give lower responses to both life evaluation and emotional wellbeing questions while those with a household income of over $75k don't have proportionately higher levels