Average monthly expense

[Anonymous]

What's your average total monthly expense including mortgage, childcare, travel, insurances, food, etc.
I averaged out mine for the year and it's about 10k with childcare and mortgage taking up a little more than half.

[Anonymous]

My fixed expense are 7k/mo with mortgage 3k of that We then spend 800 on groceries.

These are fixed. We go way over this in disposable income.

[Anonymous]

About $4000, it includes 2 mortgages and also all taxes/utilities.

[Anonymous]

Fixed expenses = $6000 including mortgage, preschool, bills, food, cars, healthcare.

[Anonymous]

5k fixed.

[Anonymous]

About $8000 fixed - meaning mortgage, childcare (those 2 are about half), students loans, car loan, utilities, food. Depressing.

[Anonymous]

$7700. $8700 if you include our special savings account for items paid once a year (car amd life insurance, camps, etc).

[Anonymous]

about $9000 all in - everything we make and spend. we pay student loans and a $400k mortgage and preschool.

[Anonymous]

We spend about $4k to $6k per month. Mortgage is paid off, childcare is limited to a p/t sitter.

We invest about $6k per month.

[Anonymous]

We use Mint.com. The goal is to spend $8500 total a month, but something extra always seems to come up.

[Anonymous]

no mortgage, paid off in 2013 when we sold a rental property
childcare 1075 (for older son)
car insurance 270 (thanks USAA)
restaurants: 60 (thanks groupon)
groceries 850
medical 130 (2 kids and a chronic condition)
gas 80
phone 80
internet 30 (subsidized by work)
misc 300
total $2750

We save about 7k a month in 401k/IRA. if my wife wasn't part time taking care of our second kid we would put away another 3k or so.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:no mortgage, paid off in 2013 when we sold a rental property
childcare 1075 (for older son)
car insurance 270 (thanks USAA)
restaurants: 60 (thanks groupon)
groceries 850
medical 130 (2 kids and a chronic condition)
gas 80
phone 80
internet 30 (subsidized by work)
misc 300
total $2750

We save about 7k a month in 401k/IRA. if my wife wasn't part time taking care of our second kid we would put away another 3k or so.

Were you in the military?

[Anonymous]

Not sure what all of it adds up to with travel, etc., but:

mortgage: $6k
utilities: about $800
insurance, fixed costs, etc: $250
childcare: $1700 (about to go up to $3k)
groceries and household items: $600

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:no mortgage, paid off in 2013 when we sold a rental property
childcare 1075 (for older son)
car insurance 270 (thanks USAA)
restaurants: 60 (thanks groupon)
groceries 850
medical 130 (2 kids and a chronic condition)
gas 80
phone 80
internet 30 (subsidized by work)
misc 300
total $2750

We save about 7k a month in 401k/IRA. if my wife wasn't part time taking care of our second kid we would put away another 3k or so.

Were you in the military?

Yes, but I was also able to qualify from my father back in the 90's.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:no mortgage, paid off in 2013 when we sold a rental property
childcare 1075 (for older son)
car insurance 270 (thanks USAA)
restaurants: 60 (thanks groupon)
groceries 850
medical 130 (2 kids and a chronic condition)
gas 80
phone 80
internet 30 (subsidized by work)
misc 300
total $2750

We save about 7k a month in 401k/IRA. if my wife wasn't part time taking care of our second kid we would put away another 3k or so.

Were you in the military?

Yes, but I was also able to qualify from my father back in the 90's.

What do you do now to be able to save so much?