🍹Early to RISA 🧉M to [email protected] • 2 days agoAnon gets a jobsh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square86fedilinkarrow-up1466arrow-down132
arrow-up1434arrow-down1imageAnon gets a jobsh.itjust.works🍹Early to RISA 🧉M to [email protected] • 2 days agomessage-square86fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•9 hours agoThats something like 50 percent of your pay in my area.
minus-square@thebigslimelink0•8 hours ago$17/hr can afford ~$880/mo. rent. Not impossible, especially with a roommate or domestic partner.
minus-square@Sirfedoralink0•8 hours agoYou forgot about other things like food, probably a car, phone bill.
minus-square@thebigslimelink1•8 hours agoI did not. I calculated rent as 30% of income, the level generally considered affordable. Admittedly it is pre-tax income, so arguably the number is a bit lower, but it’s a start.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•3 hours agoI did it by after tax cause thats how people actually live.
Thats something like 50 percent of your pay in my area.
$17/hr can afford ~$880/mo. rent. Not impossible, especially with a roommate or domestic partner.
You forgot about other things like food, probably a car, phone bill.
I did not. I calculated rent as 30% of income, the level generally considered affordable. Admittedly it is pre-tax income, so arguably the number is a bit lower, but it’s a start.
I did it by after tax cause thats how people actually live.