Single Americans want potential partners earning at least six figures, according to new study—Millennials set the ‘ideal’ bar at $160,000 | Fortune0

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• September 2, 2026

They say you can’t put a price on love—but in today’s economy, it might be common sense. Single U.S. adults were asked in a new survey how much they ideally would like potential partners to earn—and were given the caveat that the expectations had to be “realistic.” Respondents who said the income of a would-be