Salary Question / Opinion
Okay, a brief background on myself:
I'm 17 years old, I still live at home where my parents of course offer food, and the such.
Realistically, at this point the only items I need to pay for (being that of a deduction to monthly income) is my insurance, cell phone bill, and of course an allowance for vehicle fuel.
With that being said, my insurance is $2,000 per year -- which breaks down to abour $170.00 per month.
My cell phone bill (that I owe on) is around $40.00 per month.
In about a week, I would allow myself about $40.00 for gas as well.
That is a total of around $250.00 (let's call it $300.00) for expenses per month.
At my job, I'm on a salaried position, which is presently at around $72,000 per year -- that breaks down to $6,000 a month ($1,500 a week).
After paying for everything that needs to be paid for in a months time, that leaves me with around $5,700 per month.
I'm planning on depositing about $5,000 +/- into my savings account per month -- giving myself an allowance of around $700.00 for general spendings (dinner for my girlfriend, and myself, etc).
I need some opinions on this -- is this a good salary for someone of my age? Is this a good salary for someone who's older than myself, living on their own?
I need to find out exactly how I stand in this world at the present, and how I would theoretically stand in the world (with still having this salary) if I were older, and were living on my own.
Please advise -- thank you.