- Dec 29, 2000
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I recently graduated college and was hired as an asic engineer at a company in the North Bay. I make 60K, which I'm assuming is decent money for a recent graduate. But I'm finding it hard to be able to "afford" anything. I wanted to buy myself a nice car, Mazda MS6 or MS3, but don't know where I can squeeze 400 or so dollars a month to be able to afford the car and have money safely left over.
After medical and 401k, I roughly have 3300 dollars a month after taxes. Rent for a one bedroom in the North Bay, in a nice neighborhood, is $1250 for me. So that leaves me ~2K for living expenses.
Because I relocated away from my fiance, and she's having to cover rent on the place we had previously shared, I'm helping her with her rent, credit cards, and I'm paying for all her utilities (water, sewer, garbage, internet, cable TV). That's about 700 bucks a month.
I'm left with about $1300 bucks after all is said and done to pay for my own utilities, food, and gas. Figure that is 300 to 400 dollars, which puts me under the safety threshold of a thousand a month saved. That's if I don't buy anything else. Real life isn't so glamorous. If I get laid off or something, I probably can't even cover next month's rent.
Wow.
After medical and 401k, I roughly have 3300 dollars a month after taxes. Rent for a one bedroom in the North Bay, in a nice neighborhood, is $1250 for me. So that leaves me ~2K for living expenses.
Because I relocated away from my fiance, and she's having to cover rent on the place we had previously shared, I'm helping her with her rent, credit cards, and I'm paying for all her utilities (water, sewer, garbage, internet, cable TV). That's about 700 bucks a month.
I'm left with about $1300 bucks after all is said and done to pay for my own utilities, food, and gas. Figure that is 300 to 400 dollars, which puts me under the safety threshold of a thousand a month saved. That's if I don't buy anything else. Real life isn't so glamorous. If I get laid off or something, I probably can't even cover next month's rent.
Wow.
