According to Pew Research Center's 2023-24 Religious Landscape Study, 29% of LDS households now earn $100,000 or more annually — up from 16% in the 2007 study. Another 27% earn between $50,000 and $99,999.
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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