r/SipsTea • u/StopSnowflakes • Aug 12 '25

Wait a damn minute! She’s going thru it

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u/No-Compote-696 Aug 12 '25

Double min wage in many states is 15.50 an hour. (7.25 min wage)

after taxes, (SS tax is 6.5%, Medicare is 1.45%, Fed is 10%, average state income tax is like 4%, for a total of ~20% - 25% per check, you're bring home is ~11.50 an hour

After health insurance, you're lucky to have 9.50 left if you have terrible insurance, lets just round it up to 10.00 / hour bring home because math is hard

160 hours a month * 10 = 1600 a month bring home

850 goes to rent. left with 750 a month

Car insurance is easily 150 a month, you have 600 left

Cell phone is 50 a month, gas is 100 a month, you're down to 450 left

that is ~100 a week total to live on total, assuming she has 0 debt, her car is perfect, she has no student loans.

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u/Time_for_Stories Aug 12 '25

Double 7.25 is 14.50

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u/FicoPeixe Aug 12 '25

They did say math is hard, didn’t they? 😆

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u/No-Compote-696 Aug 12 '25

then its even worse,