Whoever coined the phrase "money can't buy happiness" probably never lived in poverty. Even so, there's no shortage of stories about rich people who are absolutely miserable. Self-Made Millionaire ...

MORE: TIME’s Guide to Happiness. Piff says the study’s findings add to scientists’ understanding of the relationship between income, happiness and personal values.

Think happiness has a price tag? You’re right. Find out the new income level linked to peak life satisfaction.

We might not need as high a salary as previously thought for day-to-day happiness and life satisfaction, according to a new poll. The magic number used to be $75,000, but the tipping point for ...

And if we are lucky enough to have extra income, we can make it into a source of happiness, by transforming it into a means to share, and to love others better. About the Author Arthur C. Brooks ...

The authors’ theory is that above $75,000 of income, happiness is driven by things like the quality of one’s relationships, health, and leisure time, and money isn’t a factor. MORE FROM ...

Income’s impact on emotions also varies regionally, with central states reaching peak happiness around $54,000, just shy of U.S. household median income at $55,775.

Women making more than $100,000 spend 19.6 percent of their time on passive leisure, compared with 33.5 percent of those making less than $20,000. "Despite the weak relationship between income and ...

The study revealed that the turning point for financial happiness is an income of $85,000. Those earning less than that are less happy on average than the overall average happiness, while those ...