I see a lot of threads along the lines of "Share how much you saved" or "What's your NW?" These thread seem somewhat pointless because it does not speak to our different situations, ie; you don't deserve a pat on the back for being 45 with $1mil NW if you make $500k a year, make sense?
I think a better comparison would be "What's % do you save above the poverty line?" or "what % of the poverty line do you spend in post FIRE?"
So for a family of 5 the poverty line is ~$28k. So if you have a HH of 5 and spent $27.5k last year or projected for this year you could respond "100%+, yea for us!" or "I am up to 80%, if I can cut the beer and cigarettes I'll be up to 95%. Almost there." See how that works?
Even if you make $500k it may seem like it would be easy to be in the 90-95%+ range but I think lifestyle inflation and professional class will keep this in check. I also think most mustachians will be in the range of over 100%. Note; there is also a COL adjustment in the poverty rate, check your local amount.
Thoughts?