six-figure

Triple-digit thousands salary

Six-figure describes a number between 100,000 and 999,999, almost always referring to money.

A six-figure salary or six-figure income means earning at least $100,000 annually—a common benchmark for financial success.

The term extends to any large sum in that range: six-figure debt, six-figure settlement.

Compare five-figure, seven-figure.

salary

compensation

Payment for services rendered

income · remuneration · pay · take-home · gross · net · package · benefits · payroll · bonus

career

executive

Senior organizational leader

engineer · consultant · banker · entrepreneur · tech · finance · management · corporate · specialist · director

status

prestige

Reputation commanding admiration

privileged · influential · top-tier · accomplished · high-status · credential · achievement

wealth

affluence

Abundance of money

portfolio · assets · capital · comfort · lifestyle · real-estate · retirement · accumulation

aspiration

ambition

Desire for achievement

milestone · motivation · drive · hustle · grind · pursuit · breakthrough · climb · trajectory · benchmark

Opposites
income magnitude

six-figureminimum wage

Lowest lawful hourly rate

low-income · poverty wages · working poor · subsistence wages · below poverty line

numerical scale

six-figuredouble-digit

Having two numerals

Family

six, figure, sixes, sixth, sixfold, sixteen, sixteenth, sixty, sixtieth

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Timeless · Abstract · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G