Earning less than $30,000 is a ‘deal breaker’ for daters

A third of couples don’t talk about finances until after marriage. according to a recent survey of 1,000 adults by Western & Southern Financial Group.

This is especially alarming because, it turns out, people actually have financial deal breaker when it comes to seeing someone as a potential partner.

When asked about how much debt or a low salary would make it impossible for a potential partner to date, survey respondents had some surprising answers. According to research, these are two financial deal breaker tools.

This is much lower than the average annual salary in the United States, which is $37,522, according to 2021 data from the US Census Bureau.

Salary is the number one financial trait that respondents wish they had talked about earlier with their partners.

More than a quarter, or 27.2%, of those surveyed said they only talk about salary after marriage. And 18.7% said they talked about salary after getting engaged.

This is lower than the average student loan debt for a bachelor’s degree holder, which is $37,574, According to data from Education Data Initiative.

The survey found that men were slightly more likely to forgive debts than women. For men, $31,179 is a big debt. For women it’s $22,901.

According to the survey, personal loans and credit card debt are also causes of friction when dating.