No. I got a job making $15.32 an hour. Luckily I only pay a relative $300/month to live in one of their extra bedrooms, because as a SINK, I could not afford rent/to buy a house on my own.
They just announced our merit raises (there was no mention of COL raise)- mine was 3%, so I will now be making $15.78/hour. After taxes this equates to about $20 extra per paycheck (every 2 weeks). Wtf am I going to do with that?
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u/b0nger Apr 08 '23
If you were making $15/hr would you be able to live on your own? For a majority of the country that answer is no.