☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 7 days agoOne-Third of Americans Making $250,000 Live Paycheck-to-Paycheck, Survey Findswww.bloomberg.comexternal-linkmessage-square59fedilinkarrow-up193arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up193arrow-down1external-linkOne-Third of Americans Making $250,000 Live Paycheck-to-Paycheck, Survey Findswww.bloomberg.com☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square59fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareCommunistBear [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up36·7 days agoI literally cannot even fathom spending $250,000 in a single year that didn’t involve like, buying a house or an apartment or something
minus-squarefreagle@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·6 days ago250k in the USA is a little less than 170k after taxes. The various health insurances for a lot folks at that level is gonna take another 10k. With the cost of food and rent, you can’t afford to buy a house with that kind of money in a single year!
minus-squareBobson_Dugnutt [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 days agoYou could definitely put a down payment on a house with that kind of money
minus-squarefreagle@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 days agoOk, at 5% you could do that yeah
I literally cannot even fathom spending $250,000 in a single year that didn’t involve like, buying a house or an apartment or something
250k in the USA is a little less than 170k after taxes. The various health insurances for a lot folks at that level is gonna take another 10k. With the cost of food and rent, you can’t afford to buy a house with that kind of money in a single year!
You could definitely put a down payment on a house with that kind of money
Ok, at 5% you could do that yeah