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minus-squarethebigslime@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down4·edit-22 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-up3·4 hours agoThats something like 50 percent of your pay in my area.
minus-squarethebigslime@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 hours ago$17/hr can afford ~$880/mo. rent. Not impossible, especially with a roommate or domestic partner.
minus-squareSirfedora@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 hours agoYou forgot about other things like food, probably a car, phone bill.
minus-squarethebigslime@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 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.
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.