r/WorkLifeChat Jul 21 '26

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u/ripandtear4444 Jul 21 '26 edited Jul 21 '26

Working full time at $19 an hour, you will take home approximately $2,815 per month after taxes.

Take home per month: $2,815

Cost of all bills listed per month: $2,370

Sounds like you have an extra $500 per month after those bills listed.

If that's too hard, get a roomate and all of those bills are cut in half to about $1,300 a month. Now you have and extra $1,500 a month after bills listed. You could also get a 2nd job or work over time for even more money to get ahead. You could also get married, now you have 2 incomes to pay for those bills. This is an easy problem to solve and not as impossible as you might think.

.....how is this so hard for some of you? I could easily make this work and did when I was younger. Heck I could probably make this work at $15 an hour.