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Singularity.EXE
Since many of you live outside of the US, I am genuinely intrigued about your various personal finances. Not things like "how much did you give that hooker last night" or "what do you pay in child support" but more so the cost of everyday items, and how much it really impacts you.
So let me go over a few things about my job and my expenditures, and I should note one thing before everything, the minimum wage in Colorado is $7.28 an hour, #13 for highest paying minimum wage in the country.
First off I work at a relatively low-paying office job for my university. At only $10.50 an hour it is on the bottom-rung of employee pay for office workers. But compared to retail its equivalent to super-visor through managerial positions. And considering that I work anywhere from 30-40 hour work weeks I make about $315-420 per week, and $630-840 per pay period (bi-weekly.)
That is, of course before taxes. In actuality that amount will be sucked down to $510-662 per pay period after taxes. So assuming I only worked two 30 hour weeks I'd only have $510 to survive for two weeks. So let's start spending!
On pay-day I'll typically spend the most money and it'll read something like this, also note that these are without tax:
Pay-down credit cards: $100 (I do this every paycheck)
Fill my car with gas (current cheapest price is 2.49 / gallon, my car takes 11 gallons): $27.39 to fill from completely empty to full.
Starbucks (Venti caramel frappicino): $4.54
Most expensive school parking space: $5.50
Qdoba (burrito place): $8.65
Groceries: $60.79 (from last grocery run)
12-Pack of beer: $14.69
So $221.56 dollars on an average pay check day, leaving me with around $280 dollars to spend for the next two weeks. But I have left out my rent and utility bills since they are factored once a month. But here they are:
Rent (expensive part of town, one bedroom): $825/month, I pay $400 of this.
Xcel: $30/month during summer (no AC), $50/moth with heating added in.
Comcast: $75/month (internet only)
So anyway, that's my income / expenditures. What are ya'll paying to survive?
So let me go over a few things about my job and my expenditures, and I should note one thing before everything, the minimum wage in Colorado is $7.28 an hour, #13 for highest paying minimum wage in the country.
First off I work at a relatively low-paying office job for my university. At only $10.50 an hour it is on the bottom-rung of employee pay for office workers. But compared to retail its equivalent to super-visor through managerial positions. And considering that I work anywhere from 30-40 hour work weeks I make about $315-420 per week, and $630-840 per pay period (bi-weekly.)
That is, of course before taxes. In actuality that amount will be sucked down to $510-662 per pay period after taxes. So assuming I only worked two 30 hour weeks I'd only have $510 to survive for two weeks. So let's start spending!
On pay-day I'll typically spend the most money and it'll read something like this, also note that these are without tax:
Pay-down credit cards: $100 (I do this every paycheck)
Fill my car with gas (current cheapest price is 2.49 / gallon, my car takes 11 gallons): $27.39 to fill from completely empty to full.
Starbucks (Venti caramel frappicino): $4.54
Most expensive school parking space: $5.50
Qdoba (burrito place): $8.65
Groceries: $60.79 (from last grocery run)
12-Pack of beer: $14.69
So $221.56 dollars on an average pay check day, leaving me with around $280 dollars to spend for the next two weeks. But I have left out my rent and utility bills since they are factored once a month. But here they are:
Rent (expensive part of town, one bedroom): $825/month, I pay $400 of this.
Xcel: $30/month during summer (no AC), $50/moth with heating added in.
Comcast: $75/month (internet only)
So anyway, that's my income / expenditures. What are ya'll paying to survive?
Cashtrated!! 
