Happiness Inflation
Use the map below to see the % and $ salary increase per year each state feels they would need to make them happier.
Half of Americans say the pandemic has prompted them to revaluate what makes them happy.
54% admit they buy things they don’t need to make themselves happier.
1 in 3 Americans say online gaming helps with loneliness.
- 1 Arkansas
- 2 Delaware
- 3 Nevada
- 4 Nebraska
- 5 West Virginia
- 6 Kansas
- 7 New Hampshire
- 8 Wisconsin
- 9 Connecticut
- 10 Florida
- 11 Montana
- 12 Massachusetts
- 13 New Jersey
- 14 New Mexico
- 15 Ohio
- 16 Indiana
- 17 Alabama
- 18 Arizona
- 19 Idaho
- 20 Louisiana
- 21 Minnesota
- 22 Oklahoma
- 23 Pennsylvania
- 24 South Dakota
- 25 Iowa
- 26 Virginia
- 27 Wyoming
- 28 Georgia
- 29 Hawaii
- 30 Michigan
- 31 New York
- 32 Colorado
- 33 Illinois
- 34 Rhode Island
- 35 Maryland
- 36 Missouri
- 37 Tennessee
- 38 California
- 39 Mississippi
- 40 Vermont
- 41 South Carolina
- 42 Texas
- 43 Oregon
- 44 Washington
- 45 North Carolina
- 46 Kentucky
- 47 Maine
- 48 North Dakota
- 49 Utah
- 50 Alaska
(Google Surveys; 3,900; March 2021)