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20% of LDS Households Earn $100,000+ Per Year

20% of LDS households earn $100,000+ annually

According to Pew Research Center's Religious Landscape Study, 20% of LDS member households earn $100,000 or more per year, placing them solidly above the national median household income.

The financial discipline embedded in LDS theology — tithing (10% of income), avoiding consumer debt, maintaining emergency savings — appears to produce measurable financial outcomes. These patterns are reinforced through the Church's self-reliance curriculum, which teaches budgeting and financial planning as part of religious practice.

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