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Some say money can’t buy happiness, but data from the Kenexa High Performance Institute shows that for those who can barely pay the monthly bills, it certainly can—at least in terms of happiness on the job.

 

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), in 2006 the U.S. poverty level was $20,444 for a household of four, and the average two-adult household, with at least one child under six, spends $63,412. (The only categories with expenses less than $40,000 a year are those with only one adult.) As a reference point, a full-time worker making $9.00 an hour brings home approximately $15,000 a year after taxes. The current U.S. minimum wage is $5.85 an hour.