How do people survive on $12 an hour? I'm looking to get a job in this pay range, and I can't reconcile it with my budget. I live unlavishly. My own monthly budget within. [more inside]
posted by whistle pig on Apr 27, 2013 - 72 answers

What's the best place to live on a low budget given a life-consuming job in Manhattan near Madison Square Park? And how low can I go both before and after unintelligible-but-critically-important-tax-stuff? [more inside]
posted by ch3cooh on Jan 6, 2013 - 21 answers

How much of the budget for the average American college or university is allocated to salaries & benefits? [more inside]
posted by chara on Oct 22, 2012 - 6 answers

Unemployed and looking. After over a year, it's time to start considering jobs making a good bit less than I did before. How do I figure out the minimum I need to make to be able to pay rent and still eat every day? [more inside]
posted by Jaie on Nov 7, 2011 - 13 answers

How to negotiate salary when everyone wants to cut it? [more inside]
posted by stormpooper on Jan 28, 2011 - 23 answers

I'm living and working in the "real world" for the first time, namely Manhattan. Help me figure out my budget, and thus how much I should spend on rent. [more inside]
posted by Jacen Solo on Aug 7, 2010 - 24 answers