$21 an hour ain’t no money.

[Buckeye Fever]

Context matters.


$21 to bust your ass as a maintenance worker is shyte

I'm a blue collar worker and from just the physical aspect, I never feel properly compensated. Just think of all the wear and tear for ppl who work such jobs for 20 years

 

[prime]

It’s decent for someone with no kids

 

[OneManGang]

Anybody who says that you can live or “survive” off that thinks Red Lobster is fancy and Carnival cruises are big vacations

“I ain’t trying to survive I’m trying live it to the limit and love it alive”

 

[WesCrook]

That’s $43,680 a year

And in some states in the Midwest and south that’s good if u stay in a budget

People be surprised that many Americans are not even making that

Milwaukee
OKC
Memphis
Minneapolis/St. Paul
Detroit (of course)

You can flourish in these major cities off of that salary

 

[Dave24]

It's not. We live in a capitalistic society so if you want to pay bills, invest, vacation, etc. then you need more than $21/hr.

@Rawtid how much would one need at the minimum to be making per hour to pay bills, invest, vacation, etc?

 

[CW_1991]

$44k a year is the median income for the US. Nivvas in here saying thats nothing is living in a fantasy world lol. It aint a lot but its far from nothing lol. Making it seem like $21 is minimum wage smh

Bro, this is thecoli. This place isn't even real life most of the time.

Dudes damn near trip over themselves at the opportunity to front and stunt on here. Of course $21 an hour is essentially minimum wage.

 

[CW_1991]

Two adults making this wage would be very comfortable in a lot of places. Most places even.

There's more to the world than Los Angeles and New York City.

 

[FrontoBama]

The majority of NYC 1br is 1500 average (more really). Power is 110 or thereabout
Food is realistically today 300-400
75 on the phone
Say 150 for insurance on a cheap car.
Miscellaneous expenses dating, busted tire, weed
All on $2865 (21x40x4x0.85tax)

Killa season voice :You gotta eat.. How you gon get fresh?

Minimum wage in the city is $15. in most of the places you people live it’s the federal 7.25, so imagine a job paying $13.25 It’s probably not terrible but it ain’t enough to live a comfortable existence that will allow you to transition..This is how you got the nikka getting a keychain for 30 yrs at Burger King,

 

[Buckeye Fever]

Where I live and what I make, I ain't gonna complain too much because almost nothing is worse than not having any income at all, plus my wife works too

 

[Rawtid]

@Rawtid how much would one need at the minimum to be making per hour to pay bills, invest, vacation, etc?

That's going to be different for everyone. My ideal financial situation is being able to invest 50% of my income, save 30%, and live comfortably, for me, on the last 20%. I want to get ahead of the game. I'm tired of living "decent".

It's so much more to life than just paying bills and celebrating the weekend. I want a lot more for me and mine. If Amazon can make $1M per DAY, a six figure salary per YEAR shouldn't feel unattainable to anyone. Dude just made $750k off tic tok videos and said not one word

 

[Anton]

nikka thats 360k a year

you sayin if i make 250k im a broke nikka?

We talkin after taxes?

 

[CrushedGroove]

My friend in Louisiana is making about 26/he in the oil industry. He works a lot of hours, get a lot of overtime and be close to 6 figures per year. That may not be much on the other coasts but on the 3rd coast that can go a long way.

 

[cyndaquil]

It is when you don't have none.
It's all relative.

 

[Don Snow]

Put me on game please @Don Snow how do you play the system right?

Apply for an apartment with housing connect get into a luxury building and pay $900 a month or under utilities included cause of the income guidelines

$21 a hour is enough to finesse if you call out a couple days you’ll get some weak pay stubs for when you submit it to housing management


My home girl lives in the same luxury building as Tom Holland and she pays $700 a month with access to all the amenities

Once you get one of the apartments you can sublet it or put it on Air BnB if you really trying to cash in


Then while those pay checks are low you might as well go apply for some food stamps



Never done this myself though just hear about

 

[Dave24]

Apply for an apartment with housing connect get into a luxury building and pay $900 a month or under utilities included cause of the income guidelines

$21 a hour is enough to finesse if you call out a couple days you’ll get some weak pay stubs for when you submit it to housing management


My home girl lives in a the same luxury building as Tom Holland and she pays $700 a month with access to all the amenities

Once you get one of the apartments you can sublet it or put it on Air BnB if you really trying to cash in


Then while those pay checks are low you might as well go apply for some food stamps

Real shyt

The only thing; I don't have a housing connect