[papiswazy]

I think this really depends on cost of living and tax. Going on a basis for the UK where I'm from, average monthly earnings before tax hover around the $2,000 mark (with current exchange rate). So $5K seems an enormous wage to me.  $60k per year sounds more than comfortable to me. However, we have the NHS and aren't paying out of pocket for tuition at university (to some extent).

tl;dr - It really depends, but $5k seems significantly more than comfortable from my perspective.

Well, an average restaurant/"unskilled" labor worker makes $20-30k a year.
People with degrees and in jobs like accounting, finance, etc make $40-70k as starters.

So for me personally I think the $4k-5k is a comfortable range (not a lot per se).