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WrithingVoid
Bullshit where is the student loan chunk.
TiredOldBroad
That is so incredibly out of touch with reality.
BaconAlmighty
@OP 4 years ago..
AngryGraphicDesigner
Propaganda
ImTheGodOfHellfire
amazing what you can do when you don’t eat avocado
MechaNinja
This is like when a physicist starts talking about a perfectly spherical cow and forces that act on it, only way fucking stupider.
lovingspace
If he's giving out $615 he sucks with money let me tell you that.
SomeDetroitGuy
I mean, if you're making $100k a year and living in a city with good public transit sharing an apartment with 3 other people... sure.
JCBalance
Internet is bare minimum $50-60. If transportation is a car, that's $300. Rent is $1300+. Donating? Lol. $100k? Lmfao. 36 with PhD and no.
CGWN
A lot of their bills make more sense when you get the context that they're splitting a 4 bedroom house.
gis4gif
RaySkye
$20 internet? Is it dial-up?
barnwolf
Internet was $80 a month, but split with three other people.
jonathantoast
NetZero Dial Up Internet costs $29.95. You can get a free plan if all you need is 10 hours per month though.
brickius
Was this what happened when they asked some boomers to guess how young people spend their money?
loma45
No, it was literally how ~a~ 25 year old spent his. Not really representative of anything except his odd choices
RenaissanceFaireMan
There's absolutely no way a 25-year old is donating $615 a month...unless it's to his student loan payments.
reallynotmikepence
I mean if they are making 100k a year then I could see it.
idrinkandiknowthings3
Might be a religious tithe? It's like 10ish percent net income
RenaissanceFaireMan
Groceries $400 a month? Lol, I qualify for food stamps at my current pay wage and that gives a lot less than $400 a month.
reallynotmikepence
That's not what they qualify for that's what a single person living frugally would spend so about $13 a day.
laner7112000
You just have to try making coffee at home...
Dz1n3
I do, and it's just as expensive, if not more as getting a coffee at the convenience store. I also like good coffee, so....
rlopez2431415
You will never take my avocado! Never!
RenaissanceFaireMan
I make my own coffee at home all the time; can't afford Starbucks. Next you want me to switch from name brand cheese to generic.
hobbitdude13
Cancel Netflix! Make your own avocado toast!
MoonMoon89
basicisaac
When they say “house cleaner $30” do they mean a gallon of Fabuloso?
Showsni
They mean that was his share of what he and his house mates pay, it's $150 per month total. Same for the rent.
basicisaac
Are they splitting the cell phone bill too? Nobody in 2008 paid $40 monthly.
msdss
25 and making 100 grand. Congrats to them.
ThisUserNameReallySucks
$40 for a cell phone??
seyne
That's pretty typical for the discount plans if you don't use too much data. I usually pay $30–35/month with Google Fi
3DJutsu
Probably a Cricket or something you pay for minutes with. That part I can see as being feasible.
somebodythatyouusetoknow
Damn, where can I hire house cleaner for $30/month?
storebrandproductmascot
Mexico.
xizar
20 years ago, while living on the border, we hired a lady to clean and it was *far* more than 30/visit.
reallynotmikepence
Well if you split it with 3 other people
Partsx
As ludicrous as the pie chart is, the most outrageous part is a lot of people make LESS MONEY a month than the $2,775 "typical spending"
MamaRosie
I sure as FUCK don't make that at a $15/hr, nearly 30+hours a week ;-;
polarbearrodeo
Rent 1200 (one bedroom small "cheap") transportation 900 food about 200 because that's all I fucking have
CGWN
Your transportation bill is $900 a month?
SoniqueTui
Car payment, car insurance, gas for said car.
HolyCringeLordBatman
Before I moved to NYC, my monthly train ticket alone was 400. And I still owned a car living in the suburban hellscape that was long island
polarbearrodeo
Gas is expensive
c8tk
Should be fired for misinformation - rent, internet, all that is way out of nonsense
reallynotmikepence
Well it's for someone splitting it 4 ways with 3 roommates which makes it seem fairly reasonable.
CrimsonShortOne
$30 for a house cleaner? Fucking sign me up
FriendlyNeighborhoodGrammarPerson
$30 *per month* lol
Noblert
So twice a hear, got it
Undrave
We used to pay a woman 150$ CAD to clean our office once a week and that office was about the size of two appartments.
barnwolf
IDK, if you're 25 you probably don't need your house cleaned once a week. Like once a month would be fine.
JustTryingToLiveLife
Yah my house is like $200USD 2 times a month
jargonmon
Cell: $40, house cleaning: $30, Internet $20 PER MONTH. In what world? Not mine. Dine out? What? This some horseshit right here.
Roune
My insurance costs almost $800 a month for Obamacare
yallmfsneedjesus
Apparently this was a real person. He lived with 3 other people. So ecerything was split 4 ways.
fishstix2
They have 4 roommates.The cleaning and internet is split
rlopez2431415
I’m guessing 40 monthly for cell service, which mines is
KenjiKando
Or Google Fi. Probably the only believable part of the whole pie.
xizar
I have google fi. My bill is generally around 30/month. Wouldn't afford it otherwise.
KenjiKando
Same. It really comes in handy.
JamesTotally
That can't be real. CNBC can't be that stupid. Can they?
Bleeed
Can't tell if you are being serious or ironic.
tabirdie20110
The answer is: yes, they can
DarthDrizzt42
It was real and based on a real person. Dude lived in bumfuck, used public transit and shared a house with 3 other people
TheGriffin
They're not stupid. Presenting them as stupid gives them an excuse. This is willful, calculated material to gain outrage & Distraction
shinagami091
It’s real and based on a real person but the data isn’t complete. What’s not mentioned here is the guy has 4 roommates
Deadmanwalkn
And still no savings
shinagami091
Actually they posted a disclaimer that said it didn’t include saving and investments
mkd64
The people who follow CNBC are that stupid
Iliketacos42
Any news outlet really
The701
EverNotRelevant
It was real, and they got a lot of richly deserved flak for this bullshit.
The701
Convenient link: https://twitter.com/cnbc/status/1076173906455810050
BigDaddysMeatWagon
Those comments are hilarious.
EverNotRelevant
DarkUranium
EverNotRelevant
BaconAlmighty
donations? They have enough for donations?
wokegamergirI
Donations is code for drugs
Shaimaster
Seriously asking, does "donations" here mean putting money to your savings account etc. or do they actually suggest you give it all away?!
khazaria
Easily enough for sizeable donations. Not at 615/month.
cheetahslims
The donation must be to their landlord lol
ClydeTheBelovedBandit
Its like a fund, donate to the homeless and food shelters for when you lose your job! If only there was some way to do that but better???
dasklaus
I'm donating about 10% at 1680€/month and I can only afford that because my apartment's dirt cheap and I don't go out. This is bullshit.
CavendishBandana
Of COURSE! Did you know that starting salaries for college grads is 100k?
chilledcoyote
Maybe they meant "Taxes"
Lightsmith
I mean...they're making 100k so yeah
backrideup9
I think they meant "donations". As in funnelled into their own shady non profit.
Jiggsawjazz
the pic is dumb as shit but math adds up, taking home over 5k/month and splitting an apartment/utilities with 2-3 others, can donate that.
BaconAlmighty
no savings?
Jiggsawjazz
in the scenario above this person is easily banking over 2k likely upwards of 3k/month still
CaptainThePirate
I donate that portion to the “I don’t wanna be fkn homeless’ fund.
dougbird121
It's for church that's the tith
CatSparkleBreaker
Is that what they're calling wage theft now?
Ninjainslippers
TBF. if I made 100k annually I would donate a lot of money. Shit, if I made 75k I would donate to charities.
dasklaus
I donate a bunch and technically I'm still counting as poor, but I live dirt cheap and don't go out, so I donate as much as I save (~10%).
Isiel89
Who the hell donates nearly as much as their rent?!?!
GiNgErSnApBiTcH
aka.. school loans
BondHaimBond
You can "donate" up to $600 without showing receipts, so yeah, we have enough to donate.
KoalaOnTheJuice
"I mean what does a senator cost, like 10 dollars?"
mindstatepurple
Just slightly more than a banana ?
BrazilianThunderPanda
I’m 43 years old making ~$100K and you are goddamn insane if you think I’m donating $615 p/ OR if you think my rent is only $825.
HangingOnTheEdgeOfTomorrow
Unless by donations you mean rent part 2.
tubbers06
I'm 34 making almost that, mortgage is $1145 and daycare is $820. Donations is like $20 here and $20 there. Diapers ain't cheap!
CaldariBob
Almost a quarter of their monthly salary in donations, no less!
DiddleFartingAround
It's just a way to launder money.
Ryebread91
Right? Despite this being a BS graph 1/4 of your income to charity is insane. (Of course that's from an average Joe's income)
CooCooCaChew
825 in rent? Only if they live in subsidized housing!!
Ryebread91
Depends where you live for that. Our rent for our first house was 725. Now why someone making 100k would live there doesn't make sense.
pdFarmD
This is their monthly Spending. If they're making 100k, their salary is 8500/month so after tax they're saving the other $2800/month
PrincessLeliana
I love it cos its 100k. NO ONE at 25 is making 100k. Also isnt average rent in america like 1300/month?
cbale2000
Maybe if you learned a skilled trade right out of high school rather than going to college you could make 100k?
Zakn3fein
My ex at 23 was making 150k as an IT security director for an investment company. She also graduated college at 12, so wicked smart.
DLOBREWSKY
Tech.. basically anyone in tech, likely 100k is low
RideTheStimutacs
A 25 year old making 100k/year is most definitely working for their rich parents' company, and getting a huge discount on their extra condo.
Jakefromfarmstate
I am 25 and make 75k. I'm a year from 100k. I'm a software engineer.
JDAB0
Between 1300 and 1800
Returned
100k is entirely possible for 20s engineers. Unfortunately it’s in California dollars.
metall
That graphic doesn't say he lives with several roommates and splits a lot of those expenses.
wiltsjunk
Plenty of union jobs pay around 100k.
LooseyGooseyBrett
I know some factories that are paying between $80k to $100k for workers fresh out of high school
hostetler40
I made 100k by 27 so I was close. But my rent was $1600, phone bill was $250, and health insurance was $900. This chart is SO wrong
jakefromstatefarmmmmmm
My buddy is a chemical engineer and was making around that much right out of college. Maybe more
idealtityousmeltit
Pharmacist. At 24 was at 120k. Make less now due to different field of pharmacy…but much happier :)
YourFriendlyNeighborhoodPartyPooper
Lmao. For a studio! I'll let that one pass because I choose to be snobby. Seriously though, this whole chart is fuckall wrong. >
YourFriendlyNeighborhoodPartyPooper
>nothing here's is up to date. My rent is 1775$ a month and an amazing steal, I pay 1300 monthly for health insurance but I am contracted so
YourFriendlyNeighborhoodPartyPooper
>no "low cost" insurance for me. Low cost is 250-350 a month for shit for care. Easily 4-600 a month on groceries for a moderate fam. <
YourFriendlyNeighborhoodPartyPooper
>Fuck most donations because they're fraud and that's not priority, food is expensive...blah blah blah I'm bored now. Bye.
Couchwarrior1337
I'm making 1/4 that and thought I was doing pretty good. Let's set up that same budget and cut the input by 75% see how well they do.
BeefyByDesign
I make a 100k at 30, even so these numbers are wildly off....
somerandomentity5772
Sure that $100k isn't the total for bufdy ajd his 3 roommates?
LordHosk
Lots of people who are 25 are making 100K, but the rest is bullshit numbers.
WyldStallionz1
I mean, I just graduated with bachelor'sand I have an offer at 110... and I wasn't some great student, that's normal for software developers
Gibleteousjack
We make like 95k now at 36&38 with both of us working in IT. 625/mo mortgage on ~1800 sq ft, but we live in a conservative hellhole.
Deadmanwalkn
Note even with assuming 100k and some hilariously lowball bills... they STILL couldn't make room for savings
shinagami091
The guy this is based off of worked for his dad and gained experience to start his own business where he does mass tutoring for SATs
zstorm6
I knew a few. They were devs at a high end software company that had a notorious burnout rate (<2 years) not exactly sustainable.
johnwilliamsistheman
I am 25, making over that. My rent is nearly double what’s in this budget lol. And donations??? Lmao
FuryM0nk
But he’s really smart with his spending /s
LostinWashington
My buddy is a lineman apprentice. He made 95k last year. He’s 24. I’m 26 and will make almost 90 this year. It happens. I’m surprised too
IMakeMyOwnSweat
Not "no one"
jojosburritoadvantages
I can't find rent in my area that's lower than $2K.
SomeDetroitGuy
A software engineer with 3 years of experience is getting pretty damn close to $100k a year.
seyne
I am, but that's just cause I'm a SW engineer who happened to fall into a pretty nice job out of college
YouCanCallMeCal
Software, cloud, med sales and more, all hire at 120k/y out of college. But this budget is wrong
Anudderuser
$825 with 3 other roomates...
johnwilliamsistheman
Lol. I wish. My house is very cheap for the area and it’s more like 1.5K and 3 other housemates…
GreenScorpio
1400 to 1600 per month in south Florida
TankTrain
I was. (In AUD.) I was working as a train driver. I wish I had known how to be better with my finances back then. I didn't even have fun!
TankTrain
But keep in mind, my mobile plan was $70/month, my internet (ADSL2) was $75/month, and my rent was $2040/month. Sydney's rents are bullshit.
somebodythatyouusetoknow
Honestly, I paid more than $825 for rent 15 years ago when I was 25. How out of touch are these people?
metall
He has three roommates & that's just his portion.
pariah76
Where i live a 1 bedroom apt will run you over 2k/month
magister333350
They're around $1800-2000 here in my part of WA (Not seattle/everett). Median pay is around $16.75 here. Scary math. :(
FractalChainsaw
Right, you spend $825/month on rent, and then you donate $615/month to your landlord for more rent.
VoidFoxi
Lol that’s what I was gonna say. Im paying $1400/month for a 1 bedroom apartment -.-
MrStealUrMeme
Honestly, I live in Wisconsin and rented 2 bedroom, private entry front door w/ garage apartments in good neighborhoods for less than $800
lokibringer
It all depends on where you are. I live in an area where rent tripled over the past 5yrs. An hour away it's still "normal"
Yourmothersellssocksthatsmell
My son just rented a single that is smaller than my living room in Long Beach California for 1675. $800 a month would be a godsend.
spiceass9000
Something like that. And almost no one in general who lives in a place where rent is 1300 is making 100k
Cats2cats
Rent is higher. This is shared apt.
DuxNautarum
Plenty of people make 100k at 25.
istrandedjebediahonthemun
I was making 120 when I was 25. Now I make 70 at a job that doesn't destroy my soul. It was worth killing myself for a few years making 1/
istrandedjebediahonthemun
Big bucks, but as I saved and reduced my own financial pressures, it became less worthwhile. I'm much happier now than I was then
MrStealUrMeme
Depending on where you live. I live in the Fox Valley area of WI and had 2 bedroom private entry apartments w/ garage for less than $800.
shadowstom1
I was making $100k per year at age 24 on... don't need an education to work in sales. Just have to pick the right thing to sell.
KuldFyt
$20 internet? $30 for a house cleaning (and wtf has someone clean their house for them at 25)? None of it adds up.
metall
It's his portion of it, split with roommates.
StrangerRangerDanger
7 roommates (1 bathroom, 4 "bedrooms" but 1 is a closet and 1 is a curtain diving the basement into a room and laundry space)
StrangerRangerDanger
and everyone is incredibly thankful for the old clunky laundry machine
GayCanadianJew
$30 for house cleaning PER MONTH!!! My parent’s cleaning lady comes every 2 weeks and makes $150 per visit!
LocalZoophile
I would, if I had the money! But then again, I'm against paying anyone less than a living wage, so it'd be more like $100, minimum.
Foxcross
They must of meant 52
tracereading
Must have
NeverDownvoteMelBrooks
Must've
goxpal350
Ah the only fans website would argue.
Anju42
This is for a specific 25 y/o guy with roommates and who got very lucky career and birth wise
1lightlyfriedfishfillet
I started making 90k when i was 25 without a degree 15 yrs ago. kids younger than that being hired now making about more at $35/hr.
FritoParadise
Internet is too low, phone bill is too low, yeah whoever made this lives in their own little world if they honestly believe this crap
Moominator
2k in San fran
Jiggsawjazz
to be fair 100k at 25 is not hard, it's not like the norm, but specialized trades - oil rigs and such. financial degree from any 4yr...
Jiggsawjazz
school can put you into that area within couple years. to say no one is way ghoulish overkill. does highlight that we dont value shit right
NotTheFedsForSure
Eehhhhhhhhhh I know QUITE a few 23-25 year Olds that make 95-105k. Power plant maintenance, shipyard worker, and an oil rigger. None need a
NotTheFedsForSure
College degree. Power plant maintenance (specifically at a nuke plant) can be kinda cut throat to get into though. May need experience tho
JCBalance
Yeah those guys are most likely prior Navy nuclear power program.
NotTheFedsForSure
Nope, navy nukes usually go to reactor control/operator. Maintenance is done by SOME vets but lots of non vets or degrees
fineletsdoeverythingyouwannado
I worked at a place where it was mainly under 25 sales ppl making over 100k. It was insane hours mortgage industry no family ppl. But yea
Penguinranger
Streamers/gamers/real estate make that money in early 20s
shadowstom1
And sales. No degree required, just effort.
Penguinranger
Oh yeah athlete's too
JohnnyLawlessEsq
Not true. There are absolutely scads of them, but they tend to be very localized. The San Francisco Bay Area is one such locus.
GonzoEnthusiast
I'm 32 and my net monthly income is $2775
or0b0ur0s
Yes about the rent. Also plenty of 65-year-old professionals getting ready to (want to) retire not making $100k...
astraIvoid
I made that much, at 25, as a union journey man with a fuck ton of OT. Tbf I left that job because it was abysmal for my mental health
iabductaliens11
No one at 40 is making $100k.
elfoe
I'm not 25 and I make more than that. Budget is a disaster though. Also if you make 100k you definitely get health insurance from work
1lightlyfriedfishfillet
I still pay like $500 a mth for insurance and another $500 a mth for the HSA in a high deductible plan. Its our cheapest option.
Jakethesnake357
I'm 35, barely cracked 65k last year and my rent is 2 Grand
SadToSay
Where do you b live and what are you doing?
Jakethesnake357
Auto Tech in Washington State
umbrellamaker
I found rent for about that much...in 2013
HandoB4Javert
Twilight is a more believable story
bryanbenson1980
Wait a fairy's minute here, I thought Twilight was based on a true story?
SlightChungus
People that make these graphics deserve the guillotine
TheInternetShouldHaveAClosingTimeSoICouldSleep
There are plenty of tech companies that pay entry level software engineers over 100k
moricai
This is for all those 25 year olds who own a law practice & live in rural Arkansas and give a quarter of their money to charity.
Zreen
Tbf that's a backup plan incase living paycheck to paycheck doesn't work out
LurkerOfDarkness
What's his name?
TheAbomunistManifesto
In the example above, the mythical 25-year-old is giving 13.55% of their income to charity.
TheS4ndm4n
Mormon... If you don't tithe your going to hell.
moricai
Oh, and who also have no debt from college, law school, or car payments.
p3culiar15
This. Or using pay salary from Silicon Valley and show the expenses from the area thaf no one want to live and bam you got tons of money.
KiwiGameDev
Of course how could we forget about all 2 of them!
UnicornSausage
Need rich parents to pay off the loans.
JacenHorn
Budget presented is ludicrous. But I know some mid-20s tattoo artists pulling this.
MeowMixWowmix
If you are a software developer out of the west coast, you're probably making 200k
Bridgiebird
My husband was close to making 100k at 26 but he's a union HVAC tech. Kids today should look into trade school. It's a great option
TankTrain
I was making $100k AUD at 25, (about 15 years ago,) as a train driver. I didnt even have a trade! It took my mates 10 years to match me. And
TankTrain
they all went to university. Nowadays, people with a trade can set their own prices and make a mint. (In Australia at least.)
Bridgiebird
I don't know if train drivers are paid that much here in the US. But that's great that you were able to land a good job like that
TankTrain
I think they are. A few drivers from the US have posted stuff here before, and they seem to be on a pretty good wicket. Wait, that's too
TankTrain
Australian. *...they seem to have pretty good renumeration packages and lifestyles from their jobs.* "On a good wicket" is easier. :D
Evanrudeplz
Many healthcare jobs can have 25 year olds making 100k. But those are likely in places where rent is WAY over a grand at least.
hellothur
What 25 year old is making over 100k in healthcare? A resident? Doubtful. A nurse? Try 30-40k a year. Unless they magically had a run at CNO
hellothur
A travel nurse? Sure but that's a specific group of people..
oneoldman
That'd be closer to 80k that early career wise
hellothur
If it's after 1 year of staff nursing, you can make upwards of 300k if you choose your contracts correctly. Source: me, am travel RN :)
Evanrudeplz
Nurses easily in some parts of the country. I'm one of them. But not the parts where rent is under $1k.
Strategicgnomer
As a cleaner, I'm guessing no one at CNBC has ever hired a fucking cleaner. I don't even show up for less than $60 and I'm a fair price.
aznanimality
Notice the rent at $825? That person is definitely sharing their apartment with multiple others
Strategicgnomer
It's a fantasy world where an average 25yo makes 100k and pays 825 in rent. AKA being white in the 60s.
Strategicgnomer
Cleaning companies start around $200
Renin23
It's rare, but but people can make that much money at 25. Wife makes 6figures since 24. Information Systems field.
SomeDetroitGuy
A graduate from a top-tier law school or business school is getting way over $100k a year.
Thisbefluff
YEP https://abovethelaw.com/2021/04/first-year-associate-salaries-are-up-but-is-it-time-for-another-raise/
CriticalCritic
Funny that the chart clearly excludes insane student loan payments
TankTrain
That is a really good point!
ToxicIndigoKittyGold
"Donations"
ligmabolz
Internet $20,phone $40. Transportation $130 ,that's just the car insurance...
somebodythatyouusetoknow
Bus pass maybe?
TheBlackSonOfTheHonestMan
Not where I live....but then it would take me 2 hours to get to work which is usually a 12 minute drive.
Dpunch4
Pays for someone to clean their house for half an hour once a month.
metall
Lives with roommates, on parent's phone plan, doesn't own a car & uses public transportation.
Sylvetrix
It’s possible, as a software engineer I was making just under 100k. Budget is definitely off though
GerberLegalTeam
That budget looks more or less right to me but i live in a small town in Alabama.
GerberLegalTeam
Pretty much any big city is gonna be way more expensive on rent.
jskskj8888
I'm not in a big city and I'm lucky I have a cheap apt at 800 but I'm lucky. Friend pays 800 for a small one bedroom next to interstate
Anwinity
Was making exactly 100k at 25, software engineer. This chart is laughable though.
AndrewGeltz
I'm 26 and make 110k as a cloud full stack software engineer
amismenow
You have to realize that you’re an outlier tho right?!
joyjumper
Original comment left no room for outliers
b26h42t8j73
Work in offices with ton of under 30 making 100k. Geography helps, along with demand. Also a lot of trades paying 70-100 with 7 years exp.
somebodythatyouusetoknow
At 25? Were you in the California area?
Sylvetrix
Midwest, but worked for a large software company. Expenses were definitely higher than that budget but nowhere near California levels
jondakota138888
An Actuary out of college in Philly is gonna be making ~80k starting. By 25 you could reasonably make over 100k if you take more tests.
comacomacomacomachameleon
100k in California is "I'm an intern at Twitter"
withoutahead
Yeah, definitely possible in a medium to high cost of living area in southern California. Budget is definitely still terribly off though.
JCBalance
Where the rent is......?
withoutahead
Varies pretty heavily, anything from 1.5k to 5k on the lower end. The upper end is mansions and absurdity.
b26h42t8j73
my son is in Montana making 160k at 25. no college. Damn Lucky though and it isn't normal. But plausible.
Chromenstein
Can I ask what he does making that much in Montana?
cdel58
Maybe oil field work.
FNOldGuys
Cooking Meth
b26h42t8j73
sell and rents construction equipment. It is a lot of work and a lot of luck. worked his way up from the Yards as a mechanic.
TheInternetShouldHaveAClosingTimeSoICouldSleep
Probably a software engineer at snowflake
zagibu
Renting out his bumhole multiple times per night.
pdFarmD
there's a market for that in Montana? Need to rethink some things. ????
madeejit
Also selling crack? The other crack.
APointlessBee
If you're at a really well paying company you can get close. A kid on my team is 25, I make ~80k so I assume he does too.
LeoSalt
If you're in the US, you're likely assuming wrong. Hope you guys talk about paychecks. I hear it's not common to do so over there
APointlessBee
Tbh, i think i'm overpaid as it is so if he's making more than me then joke's on my manager.
SupernaturalReactions
OhNoDontTouch
I believe the assumption was that the 25 year-old is possibly getting paid less than you, as young people tend to earn less for the same job
CaldariBob
$30 a month for a house cleaner? $20 a month for Internet?! 825 a month for RENT?!?
pfunk81
100 a week for groceries??? Maybe in 1992?
Tommyknockerman
Yeah, they probably have 3 room mates.
varonicaED
and only 1 room at that rent rate!
Showsni
Article says he has four room mates, so the Internet, cleaner and rent are split five ways, and he's on his family's 'phone plan.
isilzha
He's also a privileged kid from a rich family making $100k/yr doing graduate exam test prep for Ivy League schools. So step 1: be rich...
heroesblood
I read this article. The guy lived and split bills with 4 fucking roommates. $3500 a month rent.
rlopez2431415
Almost like its fake
CAPTDogbeard
It's not. It's 1 specific guy who lived with 3 other people.
rlopez2431415
I meant like fake representation of the average person
theGildedDanMan
I don’t think k it was representing the avg person. I think that’s were saying that guy is a responsible dude who makes 100k and that’s his
rlopez2431415
Yeah, but the goal of it is to make you feel bad because “look if he can you can too” kind of message
mardukkur
I dropped my local cable monopoly and carried shitty DSL for a while and they eventually came crawling back w/ high speed internet at $15/mo
YourFellowMan
$615 for “donations”?
Koetjeboe
Right!? 25 and I am my own house cleaner.
l3lasphemer
donations category made up, they didn't want to show the actual size of the rent pie piece at $1400+
LifeConfessionguy1
Weed money in code
KILLERCHROMATIC
Ahh
ButcherofBakersfield
or stripper money and onlyfans subscriptions
LifeConfessionguy1
Voidkeeper
Rent for a 1 bedroom apartment in Louisville, KY is around $575-$625. Its all about location.
sharK11
Maybe $30/month for like an all purpose spray cleaner & some Clorox stuff.
makesense
The rent may be a little more realistic for when the tweet was made over three years ago depending on where.
PerkyPervertedPet
He is just excellent with spending money.
theGildedDanMan
825/mo is totally doable in any of the non-massive cities, such as Minneapolis, Omaha, Dallas, New Orleans, etc. but yeah 100k ain’t likely
usernamesarealreadytaken
That's a no in Minneapolis. Maybe a suburb of Minneapolis.
theGildedDanMan
I lived in the center of Minneapolis (3 roommates) and my own rent was 550.
or0b0ur0s
20-years-ago-like figures detected.
Ryebread91
$40 for a cell phone? Where the hell are they getting those plans from?
Anarchduke
straight talk wireless prepaid plan is 35 a month! something that every person making 100K / yr would be familiar with
Tom4te
Plans in the US are absurdly high... Paid 60$ a month in the US, now 15$/month in Europe for 3 times the data.
Tenugui
Mint Mobile, I pay $15/month
OtterAvalanche
Definitely not Canada lol *cries in big three*
bardock
Cricket wireless dawg ?
GandalfTheWhitest
Same. $35/month.
mynamespaul
Are mobile providers crazy expensive in the US? I pay €20/mo for unlimited data/texts & call plan… and if anything that’s expensive here…
Ryebread91
If you're in the big 3 (TMobile, sprint, att) yeah.
bearatrooper
2004
mardukkur
For real? I pay $25/month unlimited data from Visible.
MadDrPepper
Found the fellow visible user
storebrandproductmascot
Some of y'all don't have shitty discount cell phone providers that nobody ever heard of, and it shows.
MrConker
i pay 35 dollarydoos for unlimited data txts and national calls. just dont try and buy a phone through your plan
switchback77
AT&T prepaid is 40/m. Worked really well for me for 3 years. I only closed my account because work provides me a phone now
Ninjainslippers
I pay $60/mo which is dirt cheap bc I'm on a family plan with my brothers and sisters.
YoudSwearImAVirgin
I have Verizon for $56.22 a month on a 5GB plan (don't need unlimited)
copingcabana
Advertising. Only they're not reading the fine print.
Hexidimentional
my cell phone is actually 40$ after tax a month, but my rent is 1152 and my internet is 125
LostinWashington
Mint or ting
thepriceofthestarwarshotelistoodamnhigh
$17.50 Xfinity Mobile for me. 1GB a month but I survive by using wifi at home, wife at work and xfinity hotspots in the city. I download 1/2
BobbyVegana
do you use your wife at work or someone's else wife?
thepriceofthestarwarshotelistoodamnhigh
Shit
thepriceofthestarwarshotelistoodamnhigh
2/2Netflix 4 commute so no wifi necessary. If I exceed the 1GB it’s another $10 per GB but reverts to 1GB next month. Hasn’t happened yet.
Alpha5772
I use a Walmart family plan comes to only 45 a month and unlimited data. 5 bucks more for not worrying about data maybe worth it.
thepriceofthestarwarshotelistoodamnhigh
$45 minus $17.50 is $27.50. How would I save upgrading to that?
CorneliaXaos
Might I recommend Mint Mobile? 3 GB high speed (unlimited slow speed) unlimited talk and text for $15 a month.
thepriceofthestarwarshotelistoodamnhigh
I’ll look into it! Thanks!
shuttlecockinakumquat
Those numbers are hilarious, but my cellphone bill is $50 and I could have $25 internet. And my mortgage is less than that.
filthyfisha
Your mortgage is less than $25?
Ryebread91
Your mortgage is less than $40?
Ninjainslippers
Yeah rent where I live is relatively cheap and it's $1200 for a 1bd apartment. Internet is $60/mo and house cleaner is a fever dream.
dragonherder
You could maybe find rent for the amount they list around here, but it'd be a "meh" apartment that is 1 bd.
Ninjainslippers
I live in a small city and literally there is nothing for rent less than $1200 aside from section 8 housing.
dragonherder
Damn. I live in the third largest metro area in my state (Lehigh Valley PA) and live in a smaller borough here. The lowest rent around here
dragonherder
ranges from 759 - 909 for a 700 sq foot 1 bd 1 bath apartment with the next being 849 - 949 for 725 1 bd 1 bath
needmorecuteanimals
What about $270 for health insurance. At that price you get tictacs for 100$ and a doctor to spit on you once a year. And no dental?
idontknowhowthissiteworks
Key word is "health insurance". That's the monthly payments to have insurance. Each visit will have a co-pay, not to mention any RX 1/2
idontknowhowthissiteworks
costs, which are not calculated into this. My coworkers son just hit his max OOP on his deductables, 8400$ for the year.
backrideup9
And not a single penny for "investment" or "retirement". They also better be taking home a fuckton more than $34k on $100k salary.
eadanke
That house cleaner is probably really anxious around the I.C.E.
cbale2000
I mean, $825/mo is about what I pay to rent a nice ~900sqft 2BR, but the other two numbers are absurd.
IHaveGreatKittenRecipes
Yeah but is that 825/mo apartment near a 100k/year job? Usually for a 25yo that's gonna be tech or finance, not the cheapest CoL areas.
cbale2000
Fair, but even if you're only making 50k/yr, if you cut donations (and maybe some dining out) from that, you're still able to save ~2k/mo.
SylvesterMarcus
Maybe she lives in 1925.
DefundIsraelTheGenocidalNation
Yeah maybe in 1995. And donation of 699. Wtf
ProxyPlayerHD
damn, are rents really that bad in the US that 800 USD is considered low?
skadalajara
When I moved from Boston in '01, a studio in a bad neighborhood was $900. Here in Phoenix I got a spacious 1BR in a normal one for $800.
skadalajara
I'm now paying $1300 for the same size in a poorer neighborhood.
usernamesarealreadytaken
2000$ a month for a 2bd/2ba very OLD apt. in seattle.
ProxyPlayerHD
what does b, bd, ba mean?
Jyokage
Bd - bedroom, ba- bathroom. Don't know the other b
EpicMarble
Filthy European socialist here: your exasperation is that the prices are actually higher, right? The latter two are fairly normal here. >
EpicMarble
Maybe the housecleaner too if they only cleaned for two hours a month and got paid under the table.
Poopette
No car payment either
Showsni
Sure there is - Transportation, $130 per month.
MonkeyWithAPun
I think I'm paying more than that for insurance, with a long clean driving record
Malak224
Is this 25 year riding his scooter to work?
Showsni
The article says he spends $82 per month on the subway/bus card for Boston, and the rest is Lyft rides.
jamo718
Lol no gas money then
TheUnspeakableh
I believe they later stated that the graph was for someone who was splitting a 4 bedroom apartment, so $2500, $120, and $80.
FaithAlone
Four bed room apartments aren’t that cheap either.
bdc415
They never said four bedrooms. Just four roommates ;)
jamo718
That seems more plausible than a $20 internet bill
ShadyEsperanto
people split cell phone plans with roommates now?
isilzha
Nope, he's still on his parents' plan - a wealthy family (apparently.) He makes his 100k tutoring test prep for ivy league students.
zxwaffen
That is what they were doing. It was a super weird article. Basically "rent with a bunch of strangers and never own anything."
CatsandDnD
Most of my work colleagues did the same when living in Ireland. The pay was crap & it was just easier to share a bigger apt. than live alone
Blackfinity
It was 2018; what was rent then, in the Before Times?
AngryQueefNoises
My first 1bdr apt in upstate NY was 625 a month, all utilities included. Those were the days.
somethingdark
When I moved into my current apartment in 2012, it was $889 a month. I'm currently paying $1039 (1/2)
somethingdark
but if I moved out and tried to move back in to the same apartment, it would be more like $1600.
toast4nat
You’ve been renting the same apartment for 10 years? That’s dedication right there.
dragonherder
Some people can't get a house because of bad credit so they have to rent.
somethingdark
It'd be more expensive to move anywhere else. tbf if I had known I'd still be here after a decade, I would have bought a house first.