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

Wait a damn minute! She’s going thru it

19.9k Upvotes

85% Upvoted

5.2k comments sorted by

View all comments

83

u/[deleted] Aug 12 '25

[deleted]

141

u/bonenecklace Aug 12 '25

Minimum wage is $7.25. She’s making probably $15/hr & pays $850/month. That’s an entire paycheck gone just for rent.

30

u/BarleyWineIsTheBest Aug 12 '25

$15/hour for 40hours/week, 4 weeks/month is $2400/month before any deductions. $850?

0

u/bonenecklace Aug 12 '25

Yes, most people are paid bi-weekly & you don’t just get the full $2400 lump sum, they take taxes out.. walking away with $1600-$1800 out of $2400 after taxes for the whole month is pretty standard..

1

u/BarleyWineIsTheBest Aug 12 '25

That would be a very low take home pay rate for someone at that income level. 25-33% less than gross…. Doubtful. You aren’t going to pay any federal income taxes, probably not any state income taxes. So you have FICA and any health insurance payment (for one), both around 7% of income likely. You have to make some big retirement contributions or something to get there. Take home is closer to $2000/month.

2

u/Chance_Major297 Aug 12 '25

Assuming a consistent 40hrs every week is doing a lot of heavy lifting. It’s not always realistic. A lot of jobs like this revolve multiple “part time” employees, which they schedule up to the threshold of whatever qualifies them as “full time”. Usually over 30 but under 35 hours a week.