I live in a very expensive area, so a minimum of $250,000 per year would be fine with me. I eventually want him to make more money than my dad makes. I cannot be with a man or take him seriously if he can't provide more than my dad has.
In both of my serious relationships the men made just over $100k. I have my own business and my own money. However, I want to feel as if my man can handle the bills on his own. It is because of this, that I would want my man to make at least $150k. As I grow and gain more assets, the figure increases.
I have a friend who went from a stay at home mom to making over $250k a year. Her husband was making $80k at the time and she became very unsatisfied with him to the point that she divorced him. She felt that because she came up, he should have been motivated to increase his income. In her line of work she mingles with millionaires consistently and felt that she could and should have one. I hear a lot of stories like that and I don't want to start out that way.
I would want my husband to make at least $35,000 if he was black, $45,000 -hispanic ,$50,000 -white. I make more than $50,000 and I get a raise and bonus every year so he would need to keep up.
Around 150,000+ cause I'm in grad school at a medical school and I'm trying to scoop me up one of these cute doctors in training....