Mid-levels. What % of your salary do you save? And what city do you live in?

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Max out your 401k, kids. Compound interest is no joke. I just turned 40 and have a million $ in my retirement accounts.

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-10%. I wish I was kidding.

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Pretty fuckin terrible at saving not gonna lie.

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i put away 40% of my take home across retirement/savings/whatever.

$1500/mo. rent/utilities + $1300/mo. regular life expenses (somehow, lots of eating out & stuff), and roughly $2000/mo. to savings.

that's on $85k salary

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NYC I save 30% but have no student debt. I will be saving more as my salary increases. The way I do it is by decreasing my fixed expenses as much possible through taking advantage of every single employee benefit and by prepping my meals whenever I can

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I make 10k monthly after taxes. Never keep track of my savings month to month, but so far I've seen my account increase by 50k - 70k annually.

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I make 80k and save 16% in my 401k. People who tell you to max out make a lot more than 80k.

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Right now 10% into 401k and about 20% savings from my checks after 401k.

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30% of take home, NYC

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Not as much as I'd like really, but for now it makes more sense to put extra cash against student debt. Once that hits zero (just a couple years now), savings will increase.

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Oh and I live in L.A

Right there with you cw2

About 40% in NYC

Wait. That's not counting 401k. That's 40% of my take home.

30% and I'm supporting my wife who is in grad school for another year. We're in NYC. 40% if you count our rental income.

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