Occupation: Wildlife biologist
Industry: Environmental
Age: 27
Location: Los Angeles
Salary: $67,000
Joint income: My boyfriend makes about $70,000 a year. We live together, and we split finances 50/50. We don’t have any shared accounts or a super defined way of splitting bills — we split rent/utilities etc. in half, and then total up groceries, cleaning supplies, dinners out at the end of the month and make sure the cost is about equal for each of us. Usually I do all of the grocery shopping (because I love grocery shopping, lol) and my boyfriend usually buys any food out at restaurants and other expenses.
Assets: Checking account: $7,500; HYSA: $8,050; Roth IRA: $5,780; 401(k): $2,020 (I contribute 6% of each paycheck, but get no match from my employer). I am not sure exactly how much my boyfriend has in retirement/savings. He is a freelancer, so has no employer benefits or 401(k). We both opened Roth IRAs earlier this year after my parents suggested I open one. He currently has very little in savings as he was unemployed most of last year due to strikes in his industry (film industry).
Debt: $0
Paycheck amount (2x/month): $2,100
Pronouns: She/her
Industry: Environmental
Age: 27
Location: Los Angeles
Salary: $67,000
Joint income: My boyfriend makes about $70,000 a year. We live together, and we split finances 50/50. We don’t have any shared accounts or a super defined way of splitting bills — we split rent/utilities etc. in half, and then total up groceries, cleaning supplies, dinners out at the end of the month and make sure the cost is about equal for each of us. Usually I do all of the grocery shopping (because I love grocery shopping, lol) and my boyfriend usually buys any food out at restaurants and other expenses.
Assets: Checking account: $7,500; HYSA: $8,050; Roth IRA: $5,780; 401(k): $2,020 (I contribute 6% of each paycheck, but get no match from my employer). I am not sure exactly how much my boyfriend has in retirement/savings. He is a freelancer, so has no employer benefits or 401(k). We both opened Roth IRAs earlier this year after my parents suggested I open one. He currently has very little in savings as he was unemployed most of last year due to strikes in his industry (film industry).
Debt: $0
Paycheck amount (2x/month): $2,100
Pronouns: She/her
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