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>Your job

>How much you make each month

>How much you spend each month on food

If possible, please differentiate between food you make at home and food you eat out at a restaurant.

>> No.5242081

"Consultant"
About $3500 after taxes
About $500 on groceries and about $600 on restaurants not including alcohol

>> No.5242084

OP here:

Part-time baker.

I make probably slightly under $1,000 per month. Looking for a full-time real job right now, but this is serving me well enough for the moment.

Last month, according to my budget, I spent $98.36 on groceries and $69.87 on eating out, for a total of $168.23.

>> No.5242123
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5242123

Sales rep for small gourmet purveyor in a city with lots of fancy restaurants. Part time food writer/interviewer/journalist/restaurant critic.

About 1500

Probably 400-500. I eat out a lot :/

Pic related, house-cured lonza with spring peas and pea shoots and feta. Was pretty alright.

>> No.5242124
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5242124

computer engineer
~$3500 a month after taxes
$150 a month on groceries, $0 on restaurants.
I eat one meal a day so that cuts down on food costs.

>> No.5242129

Translator.
~$2k/month, after taxes
~$150/month on groceries
~$10/month restaurant dining

>> No.5242143

>>5242084
Not bad. Where do you shop?

>> No.5242145

Laborer

800/month currently, varies with seasons

200/mnth on food

buy groceries once a month, shit like canned veg and grains and pasta and bread

taco bell and gas station subs on occasion ~$15/week

>> No.5242149

Landscaper
3g/month
5 dollars a day on energy drinks
120 a week on groceries(lots of juicing, canada has no good vegetables in the winter until farmers markets start)
50 a week on eating out.
Total: 780 a month on eating out/energy drinks

>> No.5242153

Part time soda vendor

Make about 2500 a month

Probably spend 150 or 200 on groceries and another 150 on going out to eat

>> No.5242156

>no job, I am a homemaker
>I don't,personally, have an income my spouse brings in $2000.00-$2300 a month
>$300-$450ish, we don't go out to eat. I make lunches for everyone to take with them.

>> No.5242164
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5242164

Cube jockey for a healthcare system

$1700 after taxes

Groceries ~$80
Eating out ~$120
Beer ∞

>> No.5242167

Catering at a local company

Really depends. 750-800/month

Recently, I've been spending less on groceries because

1. 300 rent, 30-40 goes to utilities, 50 on gas 2 times a week. AKA broke ass college student.

It helps a lot that I work at a food place. At the end of the month, I can take home whatever leftovers I want. My boss also offers me food here and there. I've been doing very good at using up food that's in the house.

Erm, anyway.. I spend about ~$50/month (every 2 weeks) on groceries; Boyfriend and I switch every week for groceries.

When I eat out, I use groupon/living social (i.e $5 for $10 worth of food, etc). So I probably use $20 out of pocket ($40+ value) for eating out.

>> No.5242166

>>5242143

Publix. It's within walking distance. It's definitely overpriced, but I have a lot of time to make large-batch stuff and I pretty much shop the sales. This week they have chicken thighs on sale for $1.49/lb so I bought 8 pounds and froze half. The other half I made breaded buffalo chicken thighs.

>> No.5242170

>>5242149
>5 dollars a day on energy drinks

Holy shit.

>> No.5242200

>>5242170

Yeah, I usually get whatever is on 2 for 5 and drink both of them in the day. I am pretty much addicted now.

>> No.5242203

Student

With supplemental income from mummy and duddy, prolly around $1k/mo

Prolly $300/mo on groceries between me and the girlfriend and maybe $100 dining out MAX

We eat pretty well, but I'm sick of wasting money on buying different items for each of us, like I get whole milk and she gets skim. She also buys shit like Cliff bars and "raw sugar." Shit we don't need.

>> No.5242212

>>5242203
>buying skim milk

Drop the bitch

>> No.5242217

Computer Engi-Techni-Admini-something...

$4k/mo clear

Avg last year was $450/mo groceries, $90/mo on lunch for work (mostly fast food), $250 dining out (or ordering in pizza...)
This is the sum for me and my wife.

Broke as fuck with all the bills. Working on trying to cook for $300/month, and have the other two numbers at 0.

>> No.5242218

Cell Phone Repair Tech

~$1000-1200

~$150, i'd guess. I usually spend around $40-50 every two weeks but I eat out every so often.

>> No.5242224

>general labor, landscaping, cleaning, moving, delivery, website administration

>32000 a year

>almost nothing, I live with my parents

>> No.5242235

>Baker

>More or less 425 dollars a month

>Like 110 dollars more or less

I basically have my lunch and breakfast at work, I eat blueberries, nuts, peanuts or some cheese. For lunch my boss gives us some sort of meat and some white rice. Maybe lentils too, depends on the day.

>> No.5242231

>>5242224

>pulling in anything over $15k/year
>living with parents

why

>> No.5242237

>tech engineer for fun entertainment stuff
>2k after taxes, rent + util + other bills makes it about
>$700/mo if that
>probably $150 on food
>90 groceries/60 restaurants or picking up food

>> No.5242238

>>5242231
Because I can't afford a house. The only reason I can save my money is because I'm leeching off mommy and daddy. Maybe in a few years...

>> No.5242241

>>5242237
Oh and I've become a complete couponfag, but I only do the ecoupons that you load onto your card, so no shuffling through bag of papers/shame. If I need speciality products I'll get them, but otherwise it's the shit I need with coupons. you can never really go back.

>tfw saved $15 and paid $40 for $55 worth of food

>> No.5242245

>>5242238
Nothing to be ashamed of. Once I got my *~real job~* I stayed with my parents for about 7 months to build up a cushion of savings before I moved out.

ended up getting fucked by apartment complex but was fine because of that savings

>> No.5242255

>>5242069
Shipping dept at a factory
$600-700 after taxes depending on the hours I work
About $100

>> No.5242263

Engineer
$5000 a month after taxes
$500-$600 groceries
$200 or so for restaurants (more if there's special occasions involved)
$150- $200 for alcohol

>> No.5242269

How the hell are people spending more than $200 a month on groceries for 1 person? You must be eating like kings.

>> No.5242285

>>5242269
It's not just one person (>>5242263 here). That's for two adults and one ravenous teenager.

>> No.5242283

>>5242269

Can't speak for the others, but good coffee, milk from local grassfed cows at an independent dairy, high quality meats from an independent bucher or the farmers market, etc.

Quality ingredients cost more in some areas. I could save a lot by getting shitty UHT hormone milk, grocery store slime meat, and that kind of thing, but why. I'd rather eat well than have a fancy car or pay $120 a month to watch fight club on TV.

>> No.5242304

>>5242269
Quality ingredients are expensive, and some things, like olive oil, are about $10 a bottle, and can add up.

>> No.5242305

Light part time supermarket work on top of uni

~$450, all taxes are returned annually cause income doesn't go over the minimum taxable amount

$90-120

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>>5242285

>there are people on /ck/ with teenage children

Truly, we are a doomed race.

>> No.5242329

Computer scientist.
About 5300 a month, after taxes.

Spend about 100 a month on groceries, and about 90 a month on eating out (Well, mostly buying food at work).

>> No.5242333

We both work. Science and law
$14500/mo w/Two kids

$500/ mo grocery
$400/mo takeout + eating out

>> No.5242338

Cashier
About $1600 after taxes
Around 200, though hopefully I can cut that down to 150 once I stop eating out so much

>> No.5242339

>>5242318
Grow up.

>> No.5242366

>>5242212

She also buys smooth peanut butter.

>> No.5242371

>>5242217
>>5242329

Where do you work? I'm graduating in May and need to start job hunting. Thinking Kansas City or out west somewhere

>> No.5242375

>>5242371
>Kansas
The only two non-miserable states in the Mid-West are Texas and Illinois.

>> No.5242378

>>5242375

Kansas City is mostly in Missouri...

>> No.5242379

>>5242375

You know Kansas City is in both Missouri and Kansas, right?

>> No.5242384

>>5242069

IT Monkey
$5000 after tax (public sector so no, it's not that low)
About $350 on grocery and around $300 on eating out, the later I stay at work the more I eat out

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>>5242366

>> No.5242391

Entry-level Credit/Banking
A little over 2.5k/month take-home.
About $200/month on groceries and $200/month eating out.

I don't eat much during the work week but pig out Fridays.

>> No.5242392

>>5242339

It's a joke, dude. YOU grow up.

>> No.5242406

>marketing

>> No.5242418

>>5242378
>>5242379
Regardless, my point stands.

>> No.5242438

>>5242418

The point that Texas is the best place in the Midwest? It's not even the Midwest, it's the South. Your geography is broken.

Also for Midwestern cities you forgot Minneapolis/St. Paul, they actually have culture and liberals and sort of good restaurants by Midwest standards. Chicago is alright too.

But KC as shitty as it may be is doing pretty well. Low taxes, and google fiber is actually causing some economic development.

>> No.5242442

Contractor

~7000 dollars a month after taxes.

About 400 a month on food
about 100 on eating out, we don't eat out that much

1300 on mortgage, 300 on gas/electric, another 300 on satellite/wifi/cell phone

100 on alcohol, 100 on vidya games.

there's a ton of other miscellaneous in there

>> No.5242440

>>5242406
Condolences

>> No.5242448

>>5242438
>liberals
>a good thing

>> No.5242449

>>5242442
>contractor

How much are you spending on health insurance and retirement?

>> No.5242452

Job: Controls Engineer
Salary: $110,000/yr
Food: $200/month groceries.... $0-$700 eating out.
My wife and I went to Alinea last month so yea, we eat out and splurge on great food occasionally and sometimes we just cook without eating out at all.

>> No.5242453

>>5242448

Funny thing about liberals is they tend to earn more, be better educated, and cluster in places with a healthy thriving economy.

>> No.5242457

>>5242453
places like detroit, baltimore and DC, ya mean?

>> No.5242458

>>5242453
>>5242448
>>5242438

Please don't do this. Please.

>> No.5242459

>>5242453
correlation != causation.

I could go on, but I wouldn't really get anywhere.

>> No.5242462

>>5242457
Those are blacks

>> No.5242465

>>5242449

My company actually has a retirement plan. Currently spending 500 a month on that. Health insurance is included as well, with about 100 per family member to cover them.

>> No.5242466

>>5242462
And who voted for Obama?

>> No.5242470

>>5242466
The majority of the population

>> No.5242473

>>5242470
#rekt

>> No.5242475

>>5242470
The correct answer was idiots.

>> No.5242481

>>5242475
that's a poor answer though, because that applies to the question
>and who voted in the election this year

>> No.5242482

>>5242475
>>5242473
>>5242470
>>5242466
>>5242462
>>5242459
>>5242457
>>5242438
>>5242453
>>5242448

All of you are proving yourselves to be immature children that can't stop themselves from getting into a pissing match on the internet. Take it to /pol/ if you really want to do this.

>> No.5242484

>>5242475
And you must be a closet genius like everyone else who bitches about the government.

>> No.5242500

>>5242482
All I've been doing is answering an angered citizens questions. Haven't even stated my affiliation

>> No.5242505

>>5242500

You're naive if you think you're not encouraging derailment and generally retarded conversation.

>> No.5242508

>Software engineer
>3600/mo after taxes
>Between 200-400/mo for me and my spouse
>100-200/mo going out

>> No.5242512

>>5242505
You got me there.

>> No.5242513

>>5242481
The main point was that he said they weren't liberals, they were blacks (talking about city populations). I was trying to point out how retarded that was, but then just joined in on the shitposting.

>> No.5242514

>>5242069
The stuff I make for myself is better. I select what goes into it and I don't have to trust any other soul to do it. I have no reason to eat at a restaurant unless it's to impress someone or be impressed. Though getting some delivery is nice from time to time.

>> No.5242517

>>5242514
**--> plus no pretenses, that annoys the shit out of me. I'd rather just make my own food than sit in a restraurant and be waited upon.

>> No.5242522

>>5242517
>>5242514

what the fuck does this have to do with the thread

>> No.5242524

logistics manager at family's catering business

$12k aud. after tax.

$400 on groceries, $300 on restaurants

>> No.5242655

Architecture and property development. Tricky to come up with a monthly figure, it's been nothing for the last few months, but I ought to have several grand coming in. In the past its averaged about £1500 a month after tax, plus I'm expecting to make a windfall from a large project of about £500000, but I'm going to be waiting a couple of years for that. My girlfriend brings in a bit over £2000 a month. Between us I reckon we spend something like £500 a month on food, booze and eating out, maybe a little more.

>> No.5243118

>>5242375
HA HA HA HA FUCK TEXAS AND DOUBLE FUCK ILLINOIS