Report Abuse. A good salary is the one that beats your last one, or is equal with more future. In an expensive state, I would say $45,000 plus. In a Southern state, $30,000 is enough to live on semi-comfortably without children.As a young person, you make less, as a very old person you make less, salaries are age dependent too.omeone making 80k a year, but has a 3k a month mortgage, 2k student loan payment a month, credit card debt, etc will have a harder time than someone making 40k a year with no debt. I make 50k a year and I live very very comfortable because I have absolutely no debt.