$15/hr working 40hrs/week equates to $2400/month
Rent: Average studio rent in America: $1,092. Now this is an average, but assuming you want to live somewhere where your car doesn’t end up on cinderblocks, we’ll go with $900/m.
Food: A realistic grocery haul these days is going to cost you $200/m if you’re frugal. This doesn’t include toiletries.
Wifi: No doubt a necessity these days. $50/m
Subscriptions: Is Netflix asking too much? $50/m
Phone: $30 straighttalk
Car potential: $40 gas, $50-200 insurance
$1230-1470/m to sustain.
-2400/month income
+930/m savings.
Not even a thousand dollars a month to save or spend. Look, I don’t want a yacht or a mansion. I don’t want the latest corvette. Hell my apartment won’t even allow a pet. I believe as a cog in the system, a systemically proven “essential” worker, we’re entitled to more than just survival. I want my work to have lasting value and my efforts not to be diminished into feudalism.