How is everyone dealing with rent proportion to your income? Mine is 50% since no salary adjustment this year and it’s worth for mental health? 🥹

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Yikes; you need to rent a cheaper place or get a roommate. I pay 22% of my gross income (and about 35% of net) and I live in one of the three most expensive cities in the country. If you’re paying 50% for rent, that probably means you are not appropriately saving for retirement or paying down any debt you have.

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I think I need to get myself more pay…

My portion of housing is less than 15% of my net monthly income in a MCOL city. I chose to live a little further out than some (but still have a very reasonable commute for in office days). That being said, it wasn't always that ratio so you have to figure out your priorities. If you can make it work on your budget by cutting unnecessary spending and it gives you something valuable like saved time it might be worth it but there are a lot of factors and a lot of it is very personal. Also depends what your income is. If 50% on housing leaves you enough to comfortably afford the rest of your expenses while still saving then I don't think it's the end of the world.

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Thanks this inspire me again I need to make more..

I never have paid more than 30% of salary

About 18% net; that’s a few salary/job changes and deciding to stay put.

I pay 16% of net pay or about 8.5% of gross

50% of my net check is rent! And my rent is already below marketplace. And my salary is Ok, and I don’t rent a villa. That’s California for a single person.
Yes, I had roommate too, but at certain point, my privacy and peace worth more than money.

Do you live in your own or have a roommate? Do you live in a super nice area of town?

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