Survey finds recent high school grads expect to earn $90k/year by age 30.
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Recent high-school graduates are looking at their financial futures through rose-coloured glasses, according to a new survey of 17- to 20-year olds.
The average respondent expects to be raking in about $90,000 a year by the age of 30. And 73 per cent of those surveyed think they’ll be homeowners by the same age.
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I have a hard time getting riled up about 17-20 year olds giving unrealistic answers about what they'll be making in a decade or more down the road. Take an 18 year old and ask them how much they'll be making in the year 2023 and you're just asking to get some pie in the sky answers.
We're these 22-24 year olds coming out of university and expecting to make $90,000 in 6-8 years time it might be a bigger cause for concern, but teenagers? They'll also tell you they want to spend their life building a new village in a different country every 6 months.