The cost of being: A high school teacher dreaming of life without checkout anxiety
The cost of being: A high school teacher dreaming of life without checkout anxiety
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The cost of being: A high school teacher dreaming of life without checkout anxiety
Being a teacher is a career I think I'd like to try. Unfortunately, just a few years into IT, I already make more than a high school teacher of 20 years...
It's all relative!
I saw her salary and immediately went to check how to become a teacher if we ever get a cure (it would be hard to get my old career back, so I'm always thinking up ideas).
I don't want to be that guy, but I'm struggling to understand this budget. After everything listed they should have about $40k a year left over?
Internet, power, phone plans must be less than $500 a month all up? Let's say $600ish or $7k a year.
What other big costs are there that will cost the remaining $33k a year?
I'm not trying to say they are wrong, these days I can understand that $113k a year with a kid is not exorbitant, but many of their expenses are less than I expected. I'm curious what big expenses there are that I haven't thought of?
They could be a private school teacher and their kid goes to the school. Schools will often give discounts to teachers' kids. But I'm guessing it's not nothing - and then there's everything that goes with having a teen. Activities, sports (and gear), hobbies, travel etc.
I dunno. Could be lots of things. 6% Kiwisaver is also around ~7k.
I also find it a little odd there's no budget in there for their own hobbies and friends.
PAYE calculator says she has $1484/week after tax and 6%KS
total -$647/week for a remainder of $837/week; even with rates, insurance, internet / phone etc...me thinks they are missing something.
Edit: Assuming that the rates are similar to mine (~$4200/year); that I just looked up; that only accounts for around $80/week. Which still leaves $750/week for phone/internet/power/insurances....also that $180 for food seems low.