A 2010 study conducted by Princeton University’s Center For Health and Well- Being threatens to discredit the age-old adage that “money can’t buy happiness” because, as it turns out, money can buy happiness...at least to an extent. The study isolated a so-called “happiness benchmark” for annual income, at or above which research subjects reported higher levels of overall life satisfaction. A possible ramification of the study is that because certain groups of people have more difficulty finding and maintaining job positions that provide an adequate salary, they are much more likely to experience lower overall life satisfaction, and by extension- happiness, purely as a result of their heritage or upbringing. Although a substantial income alone cannot make you happier on a day-to-day basis, those able to attain an annual income of $75,000+ are generally more satisfied with their lives altogether.