Some studies say no (https://www.princeton.edu/news/2006/06/29/link-between-income-and-happiness-mainly-illusion) altogether.

Other studies put a specific number of when money no longer contributes to happiness. But even those vary greatly: $20,000 (https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2003/01/does-money-buy-happiness/308430/), $50,000 (http://maristpoll.marist.edu/wp-content/misc/Home%20instead/Money%20Matters_April%202012_FINAL.pdf), $75,000 (https://www.princeton.edu/~deaton/downloads/deaton_kahneman_high_income_improves_evaluation_August2010.pdf).

To add more confusion, you can still find other studies that report there is, in fact, no limit (https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/money-matters-to-happiness-perhaps-more-than-previously-thought) to the amount of happiness money can bring you.

Confusing data to say the least.

Because regardless of which study you choose to believe (or want to believe), one thing is for sure:

Money might not make you happy, but as Zig Ziglar once said, “everybody wants to find out for themselves.”

And that is where the greatest distraction to our well-being lives—not in how much money we have, but in how much we desire it.

Regardless of how much money contributes to happiness (and the jury is apparently still out on that), the one thing we do know is this:

Prioritizing the pursuit of money NEVER contributes to overall happiness and life satisfaction.

In fact, those who prioritize money over the pursuit of more value-based goals end life with less satisfaction and fulfillment.