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"  This week, we read a study that found that increasing our income can make us happier. And now another study gives us a hard number in terms of what yearly salary would make people feel most satisfied: $161,000. (Um, yeah, we&amp;#039;d be cool with that.)  A recent survey asked people in 13 countries about the level of income they feel they&amp;#039;d need to be &amp;quot;really happy.&amp;quot; The average came out to this $161,000 a year figure, with 80 percent of respondents saying they think that money in general makes them happy.  While this is interesting information, the findings are actually a bit discouraging given that most people in the world, and even just in the U.S., don&amp;#039;t make this optimal six-figure income. The global average salary is just $10,700, while the average salary in the States was approximately $26,364 in 2011.  Of course, money isn&amp;#039;t the only road to happiness, or at least it shouldn&amp;#039;t be. But, we have to ask you: How much income would make you super stoked?  Want more from Natasha? Follow her on Twitter @NatashaBurton or find her on Facebook. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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