what percent of your income do you pay in rent?

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About 16.5% pre tax and 25% of my post tax income without year-end bonus. If I include bonus, I think it would be around 13% and 21% pre and post tax. One bedroom in LIC.

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I pay almost identical pre-bonus percentages on my LIC 1 bedroom as a fourth year. There are a lot of junior and mid-level associates spending in this range in the neighborhood.

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Pre or post tax?

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And I live on the UWS (68th and Columbus) with 1 roommate

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17% post tax, West Village. Live alone, 1 bedroom.

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18% of post-tax, but I split 50/50 with my partner

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11% of pre-tax

18% of pre tax and 27% of post tax.

1st year

5% pretax but I live in a very not fancy walk up with my fiancé and rent hasn’t been raised in forever.

Approximately 11%, post-tax (salary excluding bonus). Manhattan.

10.5% pretax 18% post tax (both not including bonus), live with my SO in a 1 bed in HK. I also pay 47% of my post-tax salary to student loans. 1st year.

Yea I graduated with 300k in debt so I pay it pretty aggressively

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12% post-tax.

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