🍹Early to RISA 🧉@sh.itjust.worksM to Greentext@sh.itjust.works · 3 days agoAnon gets a jobsh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square38fedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down10
arrow-up18arrow-down1imageAnon gets a jobsh.itjust.works🍹Early to RISA 🧉@sh.itjust.worksM to Greentext@sh.itjust.works · 3 days agomessage-square38fedilink
minus-squarePsythik@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 days agoAlso $17/hr is shit pay. You can’t even rent an apartment at $17/hr.
minus-squarerickyrigatoni@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·23 hours agoI’m renting an apartment at $16 move to a better area.
minus-squareEcho Dot@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-221 hours agoSurely they need to move to a shitter area.
minus-squarerickyrigatoni@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·21 hours agoAssuming lower cost of living means shittier is very home country of you.
minus-squarethebigslime@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-224 hours agoDepends on your area. Edit: working a full 40hr/wk at $17/hr can afford rent up to ~$880/mo.
minus-squareRekorse@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 day agoThats something like 50 percent of your pay in my area.
minus-squarethebigslime@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 day ago$17/hr can afford ~$880/mo. rent. Not impossible, especially with a roommate or domestic partner.
minus-squareSirfedora@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 day agoYou forgot about other things like food, probably a car, phone bill.
minus-squarethebigslime@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 day 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-squareRekorse@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·19 hours agoI did it by after tax cause thats how people actually live.
Also $17/hr is shit pay. You can’t even rent an apartment at $17/hr.
I’m renting an apartment at $16 move to a better area.
Surely they need to move to a shitter area.
Assuming lower cost of living means shittier is very home country of you.
Depends on your area.
Edit: working a full 40hr/wk at $17/hr can afford rent up to ~$880/mo.
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.
Very fair.