A Money
Reality
Check
Salary
Range
Yearly: $17,500-$19,999
Monthly: $1,458.33-$1,666.58
Weekly: $336.54-$384.60
Hourly: $8.41-$9.62
Career and
Median
Wages
Dishwasher
Yearly: $19,340
Monthly: $1,611.67
Weekly: $371.92
Hourly: $9.30
Tax
Information
Taxes: 17.25%
FICA: 7.65%
Total Amount Taken out of
Paycheck: 24.9%
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$4,815.99
Yearly Net Income: $14,524.34
Monthly Net Income: $1,2010.36
Weekly Net Income: $279.31
Hourly Net Income: $6.98
Burlington,
NC
Median Household Income:
$39,344
Poverty Rate: 20.5%
47.4% White
29.2% Black or African American
17.6% Hispanic or Latino
Population: 52,813
Housing
Information
Monthly housing payment: $289
Transportati
on
Information
Public Transportation: $80
Utilities
Information
Electricity: $80
Water: $45
Internet: $60
Total Utilities Cost: $185
Living
Expenses
Information
Health Insurance & Medical
Costs:$100
Cell Phone: $100
Groceries/Eating Out: $50
Entertainment Fund/Savings: $50
Emergency Fund/Savings: $50
Personal Supplies: $30
Miscellaneous Items: $30
Total Living Expenses: $440
Monthly Income Left: 216.36
Thinking
Questions
There are other items that I buy
each month like
subscriptions/memberships, such
as for Netflix, Amazon Prime, or a
gym; decorations; or gifts,
especially around the holidays. I
can afford to buy these products
with the money I have leftover.
