return2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 10 months ago'An economic divide that is widening': Almost one third of Americans earning $150,000 a year or more say they're living paycheck to paycheck and many rely on credit cards to close the gapfinance.yahoo.comexternal-linkmessage-square282fedilinkarrow-up1549arrow-down119
arrow-up1530arrow-down1external-link'An economic divide that is widening': Almost one third of Americans earning $150,000 a year or more say they're living paycheck to paycheck and many rely on credit cards to close the gapfinance.yahoo.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 10 months agomessage-square282fedilink
minus-squareJunelinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·10 months agoOR, they live in a high COL area like SoCal or NYC, where salaries like this are much more common.
minus-squareJokeDeitylinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down4·10 months agoAs mentioned elsewhere, that’s 8k a month, if you can’t figure out how to live on that, you’re fucking up big time. Even if your rent is 4k a month you should be able to manage your life on 4k for other expenses in a month.
minus-squareJunelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·10 months agoAs a single person, of course. But if you have 2 or more kids? Not even close.
minus-squareUraniumBlazerlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-210 months agoLol another post making an unexpected cameo! Nice!
OR, they live in a high COL area like SoCal or NYC, where salaries like this are much more common.
As mentioned elsewhere, that’s 8k a month, if you can’t figure out how to live on that, you’re fucking up big time. Even if your rent is 4k a month you should be able to manage your life on 4k for other expenses in a month.
As a single person, of course. But if you have 2 or more kids? Not even close.
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Lol another post making an unexpected cameo! Nice!
Gotta stay current :)