Those of you earning less than $60,000 a year, how are you surviving in this economy? I know I'm barely getting by and I'm earning $72,000.

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I was at 52k when I first started in July. I'm now at a little over 72k. It is definitely hard, especially with high the cost of living where I am located. Luckily, my wife makes about the same so the dual income is what keeps us afloat.

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$84k here and barely scraping by myself. I have no idea how people can survive on $60k a year, much less minimum wage. Things are so much more expensive now than even a few years ago, and pay has not kept up at all.

That is about where I am, and it isn’t easy. I have a very strict budget and must stick to it. You figure out where you can cut back.

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