What do you think is a satisfactory income poll inside

[Medina]

In today's standards what do you think is a good enough income....



fuck it im bored....

[super_civic]

voted :thumbup:

[jakellama123]

im 17 and im making 12-16 an hour
im content
and i get to wash my car for free everyday and no boss

[Rufus]

Maybe I'm crazy but with bills and shit, even 50k yr is tough.

[BigJsaid]

single->16
married-<16
tons of factors are under "crap"
kids? mortgage? rent? car payments? insurance?live wit parents?
everyone under 21 living with tha 'rents should be good with 10.oo
anyone over 21 with their own spot should be comfortable and non-check2check living around 15.69..
jus my .o2

[MrRline2010]

voted 18-25, but even then I don't really think that's enough for a single person. For a married couple it's enough to get by.

[nugey1001]

50k should be good enough to live a standard life, but
my goal is to make 80-100k just to have that extra income for entertainment and such.

[YuckerDisMe]

i make almost $14 and its still tough for me to get by, but im making it :)

[Mafioso]

100k/yr is acceptable but more is perferred.

[sssmokin05si]

When I get to where I plan to be after I finish school and get into my profession, I had better make more than any of those wages.

[Owens]

I don't see how anyone can live as an ideal/stereotypical individual making less than 30k a year, even then, when emergencies come up it might suck because you'll have to scrimp and do OT in order to have the money you need. Of course, theres stuff like... taking the bus instead of owning a car, and living with parents, or room-mates.

[blu94tegra]

voted, I made 34k last year and it wasn't nearly enough. 22, house, bills,toys, and hobbies out the ass.

[DVS]

Voted.

[teemfedx]

something more then 35k a year. that is if you are living alone, no kids, and have a small house and a moderate savings plan.

[Ryan]

I could not live on less than 30 per hour. Considering that the average American income is just above $48k, I have no idea why you did not post higher rates. I am assuming that most people would not have voted for the highest but would vote for 18-25 or 25-30, but not more than 30-35. Jobs in AZ pay soooo low.

[Medina]

^^^
its mostly 18-23 year old in here I am not assuming most 18 year old make 25+ an hour, but mods feel free to change the numbers in the poll...

[1NSTYC5]

It's really gonna depend on the situation and age.

[Jesse]

I could not live on less than 30 per hour. Considering that the average American income is just above $48k, I have no idea why you did not post higher rates. I am assuming that most people would not have voted for the highest but would vote for 18-25 or 25-30, but not more than 30-35. Jobs in AZ pay soooo low.

The average family income is in the $40k range....not individual.

What do all you guys do for a living?

I have lots of friends back east with degrees from VERY good schools (ivy league) and now 2-3 years out of school they are making 60-75k in NY and boston. $60k is $29hr...

I find it funny this forum is full of lowballer's and now all of a sudden everyone has great paying jobs:drunk:

[boostedrex]

voted

[KingDingaLing]

The average family income is in the $40k range....not individual.

What do all you guys do for a living?

I have lots of friends back east with degrees from VERY good schools (ivy league) and now 2-3 years out of school they are making 60-75k in NY and boston. $60k is $29hr...

I find it funny this forum is full of lowballer's and now all of a sudden everyone has great paying jobs:drunk:

x2.

at around 21 an hour. depending where your work and how much taxes are being taken out and etc.... your income should be around 32k to 35k. those numbers being from a friend who makes 21 an hour, works 40 hours a week and made 34k last year.


unless your some out of control baller and feel the need to spend shit tons of money every week. thats not nearly enough. but for someone like me and the way i like to live(the simple life)and along with tons of people i know. its plenty for living in this state.

but then again, where i live doesnt bother me, id be perfectly happy living in a trailer with a big garage in the backyard.

[1NSTYC5]

I manage at a restaurant and do pretty decent for no college degree (which really doesn't mean much sadly enough). How many here own house's and don't have roommates?

[Owens]

I own a couple shitty houses here in eastern IA that I rent out, but thats pretty much it. Even the home I intended to live in I ended up renting out and live in an apartment, lol. I'll probably be broke until my late 30's.

[DJ Hookid]

Im in the top bracket of this poll and I feel that it is not sufficient. I am 21 and even though I make a good amount of money I get taxed a lot by the government. I can but a house but then I would barely be able to make it by. I'd be eating ramen noodles everyday. lol

[1NSTYC5]

I pull down 40k and my wife is around 30k, so we do ok. But we couldn't afford for her not to work. We also have some toys and I have an expensive car habit.

[Nott_Sure]

depending on the lifestyle, i suppose it can vary.

[skar1]

damn, i'm in the top of the poll, going to school to be an auto tech, paying for my school, live in a two bedroom apt w/ my girl, and she makes the second one down, we live ok, i'm 20 btw, how much would a tech make after gettin a degree and ase certification??? just wonderin

[Ryan]

damn, i'm in the top of the poll, going to school to be an auto tech, paying for my school, live in a two bedroom apt w/ my girl, and she makes the second one down, we live ok, i'm 20 btw, how much would a tech make after gettin a degree and ase certification??? just wonderin

Depends on where you work, Get a loan and open your own business.

[JDMitation]

anybody who voted less than the max must be some young ass kids or live out in the middle of nowhere or something...

[apSquidFace]

im only making 40k a year its hard at times but overall i do what i want. i bought two lots in Topanga canyon CA with my brother last year and have a few thousand in stocks and savings...i just turned 24. Over all i am where i thought i would be at, at this point in my life. However, i would like much much more. Hopefully by the time im 30 ill be making much much more.

[squirms]

I get salary so as may hours extra I work I dont see shit. But if i'm sick or need off i dont lose anything.

[eviilboy]

Maybe I'm crazy but with bills and shit, even 50k yr is tough.

x2

My pay rate an hour isn't even close to that scale if you factor in my contract work that I charge $75-125/h. Even my hourly rate isn't close. :(

You spend as much as you make.. well most people. :(

[jägermeister]

x2

My pay rate an hour isn't even close to that scale if you factor in my contract work that I charge $75-125/h. Even my hourly rate isn't close. :(

You spend as much as you make.. well most people. :(

I see people on a daily basis that are past the living check to check standard, they are almost 1 or 2 checks ahead of themselves. I would have to say that since I started working at a bank I've become much smarter with my money. I do spend it, but at the right times.

[FUK JDM]

The average family income is in the $40k range....not individual.

What do all you guys do for a living?

I find it funny this forum is full of lowballer's and now all of a sudden everyone has great paying jobs:drunk:


LOL!...Thats freaking hilarious because its true.

[Jstarda9]

back when work was nuts about 3 years ago i used to make about $19 an hour....i used to get a ton of ot and bonus so i made damn good money....i bought me a house,nice cars, all kinds of vacations and spent freely..i went from making almost $80,000 in 06 to making $40-50,000 a year now.....i used to live paycheck to paycheck when i made the most....reason being i spent as much as i made but now i have adjusted to not making as much and have actually been able to save a ton of money in 401k,ira's, and savings.....

i am single and i think you have to make at least $40,000 a year to live good....

[FUK JDM]

i am single and i think you have to make at least $40,000 a year to live good....

wtf? What happen to the wifey homie?

[The President]

I work salary and pull about 34k/yr working about 32 hours a week, sometimes less and sometimes WAY more. Between my g/f and myself we pull in a little over 73k/year and we most certainly have tough times but, we have the house, 2 dogs and now 3 vehicles. This is also the first house I've ever lived in so we've had a bunch of expenses on weird shit like lawnmower, weed eater, yard tools ect...
Having the 240 doesn't help b/c when ever I get some spare money I seem to always put it into that, and she has a HUGE family so it seems like someone has a birthday every month in which we have to spring for.

[Jstarda9]

wtf? What happen to the wifey homie?

still with her...but she has her own house

dude if we lived together we would be pulling $160,000/year

sounds tempting huh

[eviilboy]

I see people on a daily basis that are past the living check to check standard, they are almost 1 or 2 checks ahead of themselves. I would have to say that since I started working at a bank I've become much smarter with my money. I do spend it, but at the right times.

srsly,

I went from making $14-16k/y to making ALOT more than that..

And for the longest time I lived paycheck to paycheck.. even making what I'm making now, sometimes I spend too much. :(

[Lil Blue]

I'm on the high end of that scale and still find it tough to get anything to do to my cars that I want.

[usdm420]

maybe i'm crazy but with bills and shit, even 50k yr is tough.

word.

[jägermeister]

It just seems to be the american way nowadays. everyone always wants bigger and better, from bigger house, cars or certain brands that people want to be accustomed too, at some point or another everyone makes unwise decisions with money. I'm sure there are several youngins that get paid good money and live it up (30k milli's) but have absolutely ZERO net worth or retirement/long term savings set aside. I see several people come in making well in the $50k range come in to question overdraft charges before paydays, mostly females. You'd think it's because they don't make enough yet they'll come in with well manicured nails, designer purses and sunglasses and clothing. I give subtle attempts at offering them some saving options but to no avail of course, no one has time to prepare themselves for the longrun.

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[QUOTE=KingDingaLing;1018747]x2.

at around 21 an hour. depending where your work and how much taxes are being taken out and etc.... your income should be around 32k to 35k. those numbers being from a friend who makes 21 an hour, works 40 hours a week and made 34k last year.

[QUOTE]

21 * 40 = 840 * 52 = 43680.


and if your talking about after tax's i don't know anyone that takes after taxes in to account.

[KingDingaLing]

[QUOTE=KingDingaLing;1018747]x2.

at around 21 an hour. depending where your work and how much taxes are being taken out and etc.... your income should be around 32k to 35k. those numbers being from a friend who makes 21 an hour, works 40 hours a week and made 34k last year.

[QUOTE]

21 * 40 = 840 * 52 = 43680.


and if your talking about after tax's i don't know anyone that takes after taxes in to account.

hey thanks for coming in here and doing the math. but i did say "depending where your work and how much taxes are being taken out". income would be 32k to 35k after taxes. wich would be actual money people are able to use and spend. there talkin about how much would be good to live on. after taxes checks are 650 a week.

so here you go jared 650x52=33800.

[JDMSUSHIKING]

X3 on being tough on 50k a year:d3:. I would think for someone not married and having a house, 60k is enough for a decent life style.

[Mafioso]

mo money mo problems. when u expand your income your spending habits expand with it for most people. no one thinks about living a meager/average lifestyle and as your income expands, your investments and savings expand instead of your current lifestyle.

retirement people, thats where its at!

[Chinky]

The average family income is in the $40k range....not individual.

What do all you guys do for a living?

I have lots of friends back east with degrees from VERY good schools (ivy league) and now 2-3 years out of school they are making 60-75k in NY and boston. $60k is $29hr...

I find it funny this forum is full of lowballer's and now all of a sudden everyone has great paying jobs:drunk:

:clap:

i'm at $13.10 hrly, with the ot they offer us i do maybe 30-32k yearly, maybe more this year as of the first check in june i was at 17.5k. lady works and does about the same 30k a year. so i would say we float around 60k yearly, and we do ok. sure more money would be nice but we live good i would say sometimes stretch it a lil far.

people saying they struggle a lot with a house hold of 2 making 50k ish a year, are living way beyond their financial life style imo

[usdm420]

If the wife and I were making anywhere close to a 6-figure income, we'd be VERY comfy. I pull in 50/60-ish and the wife, baby and I live decent. I am the sole income provider since the wifey watches the baby 24/7. But we do have our struggles every now and then.

[sssmokin05si]

I make like 25k a year working part time. I go to school full-time though which is far more worth the opportunity cost of me working full-time with no education. I'm 3 years deep in school now, after about 3 and 1/2 more years I should be making close to 6 figures out of school. If I worked full-time I'd maybe make 35k. No chance would I settle for 35k a year for the rest of my life, that's just not enough to comfortably raise a family on and retire at a decent age with a large sum of money.

[96SupraTT]

This is probably gonna piss a few people off, but if you're struggling as a single person on your own with no financial commitments and making 50K a year you are living WAY over your standard of living. You should not be struggling at all at 50K a year if you have no wife or kids. 50K/year should be enough for a family, let alone a single person.

[usdm420]

This is probably gonna piss a few people off, but if you're struggling as a single person on your own with no financial commitments and making 50K a year you are living WAY over your standard of living. You should not be struggling at all at 50K a year if you have no wife or kids. 50K/year should be enough for a family, let alone a single person.

Thats the damn truth....if I was single right now I'd have PLENTY of cash.

[SINGLESLAMMERSI]

i think 16-17 is good enough for me. i make a shitty 9 right now GAY AND THAT IS NOT ENOUGH FOR NUFFIN

[eviilboy]

This is probably gonna piss a few people off, but if you're struggling as a single person on your own with no financial commitments and making 50K a year you are living WAY over your standard of living. You should not be struggling at all at 50K a year if you have no wife or kids. 50K/year should be enough for a family, let alone a single person.

Do you even have a family?

[Slow_HX]

This is probably gonna piss a few people off, but if you're struggling as a single person on your own with no financial commitments and making 50K a year you are living WAY over your standard of living. You should not be struggling at all at 50K a year if you have no wife or kids. 50K/year should be enough for a family, let alone a single person.

x2 according to u.s census bureau, the average income for a family in arizona is 55k.

[imm0rtal]

I put 18-25/hour but that honestly isn't a lot of money. I make $20 an hour now and it's only like $43k a year I think. Sure it's great when you have little bills to pay, but when you do it blows.

[EM1CLONE]

One Million Dollars
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[96SupraTT]

Do you even have a family?

Yes, i have a family just like everyone else on this planet. Do I have kids? No. I have no kids because I cannot afford one. It's a rather simple choice to make. My sister was a single mom and had two kids and lived off 35K a year, so let's cut the "a family can't live off 50K" shit please.

Plenty of families live off 50K/year all the time. A car enthusiasts board is not exactly the place to find people that live well within their means, especially when you have a bunch of young people that dump 50% of their income into a depreciating asset to simply make it faster.

[eviilboy]

Yes, i have a family just like everyone else on this planet. Do I have kids? No. I have no kids because I cannot afford one. It's a rather simple choice to make. My sister was a single mom and had two kids and lived off 35K a year, so let's cut the "a family can't live off 50K" shit please.

Plenty of families live off 50K/year all the time. A car enthusiasts board is not exactly the place to find people that live well within their means, especially when you have a bunch of young people that dump 50% of their income into a depreciating asset to simply make it faster.

I'm well aware of the concept of a family living well under $50k.. I'm sure I was in poverty during my childhood.

Once you have kids, and realize the bills and the other bullshit that comes.. You'll realize that even $50k is pushing the limits.. especially if you don't have health insurance.. which some ridiculous amount of Americans don't have these days.

[The President]

I'm well aware of the concept of a family living well under $50k.. I'm sure I was in poverty during my childhood.

Once you have kids, and realize the bills and the other bullshit that comes.. You'll realize that even $50k is pushing the limits.. especially if you don't have health insurance.. which some ridiculous amount of Americans don't have these days.

My g/f and I make about 73k/year and i honestly have no clue how people afford kids.

[96SupraTT]

I'm well aware of the concept of a family living well under $50k.. I'm sure I was in poverty during my childhood.

Once you have kids, and realize the bills and the other bullshit that comes.. You'll realize that even $50k is pushing the limits.. especially if you don't have health insurance.. which some ridiculous amount of Americans don't have these days.

Again, read the post. My grandparents, my sister, and plenty of families (as the statistics show) live off 50K/year or less. If you're struggling, you're simply living over the means somewhere. It's not to bash you, it's just simple truth.

[eviilboy]

Again, read the post. My grandparents, my sister, and plenty of families (as the statistics show) live off 50K/year or less. If you're struggling, you're simply living over the means somewhere. It's not to bash you, it's just simple truth.

Have any of them had to deal with emergency surgeries... or other problems?

Guarantee you, the question isn't as simple as you would like to think.

[96SupraTT]

Have any of them had to deal with emergency surgeries... or other problems?

Guarantee you, the question isn't as simple as you would like to think.

Double-bypass surgery, farming issues, my sister's lost her job before.

Everyone has shit they have to deal with. But statistics do not lie to you.

Cable TV
Internet
HDTV
Xbox
Playstation
Guns
souped up cars

Those are all luxuries I'm sure 99% of us here indulge on, and it becomes harder when you have a family, but you have to adjust. If money is that damn difficult, starting cutting out the excess shit. How many of you guys carry full coverage on your 5-6K hondas because they've got 10K in mods?

I'm sure the finesse point is somewhere in the middle between me and you. It's not as easy as I think, but it's not as difficult as you would think.

[SlowLS]

to live comfortably with kids, car payments, insurance, house payments, student loans, blah blah blah, you should be making over 45,000 a year to live in a safe zone. I myself am only making about 36,000 which sucks cause i barely make enough to cover all of our bills.

[sssmokin05si]

As stated by Mafioso, RETIREMENT people. If you don't have a program setup, DO it now. I contribute 7% of my income to retirement since I'm young and can afford it, I swear I don't even miss it. If you get on a nice plan, you can retire a millionaire. Pay yourself first.

[EurospecUSDMtyte]

I am married with 3 kids, I bring home 45k a year, and my wife brings home about 35k a year (she works from home so no daycare expense). I put 6% away towards my 401k, and have REALLY good health insurance. We pay 10% of our earnings to tithing at church. Other than cars and our new home we do not buy big things unless we save up for them first, or pay cash that we have available. Other than gas for my car I limit myself to $20 every 5 days (work week). KEEP YOURSELF OUT OF DEBT and you will be amazed at how far you can stretch your money.

[allvtec]

voted . i think you need to make like 60k a year to live ok

[reyes1212]

im 17 and im making 12-16 an hour
im content
and i get to wash my car for free everyday and no boss

hmm where do you work so you can hook me up with a job?

[OhDang]

hmm where do you work so you can hook me up with a job?

x2:sucker:

[apSquidFace]

hmm where do you work so you can hook me up with a job?

by the sound of it a busy car wash....

[UNDER PRESSURE]

In today's standards what do you think is a good enough income....



fuck it im bored....


It all depends on your lifestyle.

[Karim23]

im 17 and im making 12-16 an hour
im content
and i get to wash my car for free everyday and no boss

x2 werd im 17 too and im making that same range. im happy with it i get to do wat i want!:thumbsup: