[Mika]

I don’t earn like Elon Musk, the one and only one trillionaire. Musk makes between $6,000 and $13,000 per second depending on how his companies perform on stock markets. However, I do earn enough to pay all my bills, live comfortably, and also save money, and invest in the market on a regular basis. Therefore, I am not someone struggling to make money online, even though I also do not belong to rich class.

How much money you need to make must be close to your capacity of making money. You might make good amount of money if you are in business, however, if you are a salaried person, there isn’t good possibility to make a lot of money. Having said that if you are in managerial position, even a job can make good income because you will be earning more than what you need for bills and you can start investing your surplus amount.

How much money you should be making is a subjective concept. Everyone has their own expectations and limitations. Everyone has their own needs. Therefore, the most appropriate answer would be you need to make as much money as you need. You may be dreaming about becoming millionaire or a billionaire, however, you also need to have knowledge and skills to become a millionaire and billionaire. You need to work on something that has the power to make you rich.

If you want to earn a lot of money, you need to...
Have professional skills
Work hard
Have smart strategies
Be consistent and patient

You can see people complaining frequently about not earning enough, however, if you analyze them you will see they are not leveling up their skills, they are not adapting to smarter, more effective work methods, they aren’t working hard. Making money is a complex equation, there are a lot of variables.
Making money is limited by a lot of things. For example, if you have a job, you are limited in many ways.

You might not get paid enough to be able to save and invest, you might not have enough time to work on side hustle, you might never get a promotion to be able to reach the managerial position to get better pay. If you are self employed (such as freelancer), you might sometimes not get enough work, even when you get a lot of work, you might not get good pay, so there is always limitation on how much you can earn.

What is your realistic expectations about making money?

[eldavis]

To be honest i do not have wild expectations when it comes to making Money. If i can make a little, I believe i have to be wise with how i spend it and then grow it from there.

[ptrikha21]

Well, I agree with your points.
At times, factors like competition, skills match in one's Industry or stream and others come into play.
Even with Business, one needs to be careful not to be wasteful and not expand too much with loans etc.
Building on skills and be able to apply is a very key part of being successful and be able to earn more.

[monster_masterpiece]

The money should not be less than 30 $ per month. If you earn less than 30 $ per month equal waste your time. It is the realistic earning not 5 $ per month or similar steps for beginners.