What salary is actually necessary to live a fair standard in LA and not have one foot in homelessness?

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Goddamn, some of you must be terrible with money. I'm making ~60k, live in a solid location, have car payments, student loans, and a dog, and I'm getting by just fine.

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People want better than solid and duh, some of us like avocado toast every morning. Plus Equinox and Soul Cycle classes don’t grow on trees.

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Depends on what you consider a fair standard. Personally, I wouldn't accept sub-$100K to live in LA as an independent adult. And that's even pushing it if you want to sample the restaurants frequently, go out drinking with friends, have a gym, go to classes, own a freaking car (because everyone in LA must own a freaking car), put some away for savings and retirement, take a vacation once a year and oh, I don't know, pay rent on your own 1-br, which shouldn't be a lot to ask for from mid-level positions on up. Forget about buying. Palms is probably one of the best deals for rent in LA if you're looking for a place.

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I lived there on 35k with a roommate. So I imagine you could do it from 70-90k easily on your own.

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Like $100k. Maybe less if you live somewhere sketchy.

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$75k to live comfortably on your own. No, you won’t be living in Venice (at least without a roommate), but you can be living in a city next to Venice that doesn’t touch the water.

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Definitely no less than 100k. You'll also need a roommate at that salary if you want to live on the west side

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All depends on what neighborhood you want to live in but I did it as an intern getting $12 an hour and as a full-time employee getting $35k with a roommate. Probably need to be over $60k to afford your own place but depends where you're trying to live.

if you have zero debt 100k will work.

True. I am disgustingly low on avocado toast.

Yea, I'm not avocado toasting daily but at $100k was the first time I've ever not been worried about money anymore in LA. At $60k, money is probably all I'd think about and that's not a pleasant life.

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