How much money on average do you take home a month how much does your home cost a month

Yeah 170k and living at home lol. I was in the city before, but moved back because of covid. Have done a few trips, like last summer went to Europe. But I should move out soon... just don't know where is worth going. $2-3k+ for an appt in the city seems like a total waste.

I agree. I’ll inject some reality here. I’m a small business owner in Bend Oregon.

average employee: $3,500 take home, 1,600 or so mortgage. (Basically 50% and many have stay at home wives).

myself: $8,000 take home, zero mortgage as I paid it off two years ago. $1,200 before that.

20000 SEK/3400 SEK

Here I am! Take home after taxes, insurance, etc is $3750/month (45k/year). House is paid off so no mortgage.

You didn’t major in math, did you?

Don’t want to say my take home, but it’s healthy. After taxes, max 401K, health insurance, my take home is just over half of my gross. Not as healthy as several have posted here.

15 yr Mortgage (including taxes and insurance) is about 25% of take home. Electric, water, landscaping take up another 7%.

I spend about 60% on wife, kids, clothes, food, car payments, gas and travel. That leaves about 8% to go to savings, beyond the 401K.

There is definitely some fluff In that 60% that I could cut back on, but it’s nice to not have to count every penny.

Because house options in Seattle just plain suck nowadays compared to anywhere in the U.S. minus the Bay Area.

Same price house in Carlsbad, CA vs. Seattle, WA:

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Of course, because of a stupid bug on this site, it posted 4 of the same links.

https://www.redfin.com/WA/Seattle/3641-13th-Ave-W-98119/home/130146

No mortgage on my houses, I own them. Insurance and taxes, not enough to care about. Take home is variable, depends on how much I feel like working.

jamin, the beauty of America is that you are free to move. You remind me of those who live near power plants or refineries, then complain about cancer. You're educated enough to move, you don't need to live there.. simply takes effort or else it's like you're complaining about the weather.

Simple solution. Move. You don't work remotely? Seattle is far from the best place to live in the USA.

I'm a low level federal worker.

5833 a month before taxes, tsp deductions, union dues, health insurance, dental insurance. No life insurance because what I do isn't too dangerous and I'm fit and active.

I take home like 36k a month? Not sure, recently changed my tsp a bit.

I get about 1000 more a month from overtime - but its very uneven

Rent is 1680 a month for me, other expenses are close to 1.4k? and take home is like 3600

3600 not 36k

Take home: 35k a month on salary. Not including bonuses and stock.

Housing payment: 8.9k currently but about to close on a home that will push that to 13.5k

Carlsbad isn't going to be any cheaper than Seattle. If you think you've found a deal in coastal southern california there is probably some catch.

My monthly mortgage and escrow payments are currently about 7% of my monthly gross income. It took a long time to get to this point.

Carlsbad is about 1/2 the price of Seattle.

I know someone is going to mention CA property taxes. While true, houses in southern CA are built a lot better than in the PNW, so you're probably paying less in property taxes than you would in maintenance costs on some flimsy craftsman house in Seattle.

I’m starting to think you just buy a house when you need it, unless it’s an investment property.

This is usually the correct answer. Don't overspend. I under bought once just cause I'm cheap and I ended up moving in under two years, which was a big PITA. Where you live and how you live is a constant that is always around you. You will see the value in this. I'll also add that we both drive crappy cars. I see no value whatsoever in a Lexus vs a used Camry.