Living On $27K A Year In Seattle, WA | Millennial Money

This is so misleading... And I don't blame her. CNBC is so click-baity. She is NOT living on 27k a year. She has years and years of free college, free investment advice, years of over double the promoted salary of 27k (even in her "low paying job" of 60k/year), is also have school paid for by a fellowship. January 2023 alone, which is usually the lowest cost month for folks, would equate to living on $60k a year, and I'm sure her life costs even more than that. She seems level-headed and reasonable about her financial reality, but CNBC has to stop misleading people into thinking anyone can genuinely live a nice life off 27k. Ridiculous gaslighting of the working class.

Spend 50% of my income on rent? I'll pass, thanks.

yea me to irs I make only 27k a year too lol

The math isn’t mathing
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Please do an updated video

You look soo happy even with less pay, god bless you!

She’s obviously got some rich Korean father or boyfriend to fall back on. Gtfo

I'm confused how the month of January she spent $3,271...if you spent that each month it would be closer to $40,000....so unless she spends significantly less during the rest of the year, this is off.

If it seems like propaganda….. probably safe to say it is.

I feel like there have to be some student loans being used here. Seattle is EXPENSIVE.

This is downright DISINFORMATION... 🤨😐

Did you mean $27,000 per month?

Something is missing in this story. She has clearly saved a lot towards retirement and has a financially savvy brother who gives her timely help! There is no way you can treat yourself on 27K and live in such a nice apartment!🙄 People barely survive on this income.

Why does it have to cost money like it do to live in Seattle where your paying taxes, high rent or utilities

Good luck

Chi, let’s go grab some chai ☕️ together soon 😍

PhD in education.... Yea- that's what's wrong with education today. Too many " Doctors" of education. Worthless nonsense

Very interesting how you are super poor but you don't look like it.

In Seattle, WA ?? How is that possible?

Not sure how she can qualify on a rental application when/if needed. My building is getting torn down. I can afford rent and have a high credit score but I will be homeless because rental applications.

Where you finding rent for 1200$ unless she has roomates, i missed it, and her budget doesnt say internet or phone... and 800$ on food, lmfao. 3k in januar? is that 3k a month then? thats over 27k.... Im assuming housing includes utilities? 1200$ is cheap, where is she living in seattle? rent alone is 2k$ not including 500$ for utiltiies,streaming, internet, and phone lol.

Edit: nvm its 240 sq ft apartment, lmfao.

Noooooo - she is definitely NOT living for 27k a year in Seattle. While I don't doubt she's found a studio for that cheap somewhere around town here, her January budget would require her to make 36k a year AFTER taxes.

Basically, her food and lodging alone would be the entirety of her annual income after tax.

These numbers are crazy misleading. I'm glad she's got someone or some loans subsidizing her education, good for her. She's getting her PhD in my field and we need awesome people in SpEd, but I live in Seattle and unless you're living with roommates, getting your monthly housing down to $6 or $700 a month (think 4 or 5 people in one house), there's just no way to exist here in the city at that annual take-home.

You can definitely live in Seattle at minimum wage if you don't have a car (no Ubering!), do a house-share with people ($6-800/month), and make sure 90% (or so) of your food budget is groceries. You'd also have to find a job or two at minimum wage, enough to get about 40 hours a week.

She broke with a 500.00 bottle of fragrance on the shelf at least she smells good😊

Who made this? No one is buying any of it.

Good brother.. you have to learn from him . Stop wasting $… cute dog

This lady is a catch fellas. I get good vibes from her. Down to Earth.

I love her omg, I want to be her friend ❤️ yes to the first gen American story, yes to life is short but still having retirement savings and getting/doing what you want! Yes to therapy and yes to her likes and hobbies 🎉🎉🎉 she seems so awesome

what's the name of your studio? name pls anyone?!

US$10,000 per year on food? Jeepers

If you do care about money you won't be getting a PHD

The real problem is apartments atleast in WA wont even let you rent unless your income is 3X the rent, whether you can live comfortably with less or not

With everything mentioned, seems she earns more than $27K. The math ain’t mathing 🙃

At 27 she has about 70k in her retirement account so that's pretty good.

So she doesn't pay for internet and cell phone?

this is more a good example of how to live on a little . she's somewhat paycheck to paycheck since not saving but her income(saving/investing) can quadruple with the right job in a second .

This is so unrealistic. 🤦🏻‍♀️

By far CNBC's best and most relatable series. Obssessed with this series.

Something is off with the spending amount and how much gross income she get per year ($27,000/year) she spends ($3,700.00) per month but when $3,700.00 X 12 months doesn't equal to $27,000.00 let alone, taxes.

What kind of brainwashing is this 😂

geez here i am making 46k a year, and im having a hard time finding a place to live in washington.

Despite the economic downturn, I'm so happy 😊, I have been earning $33,600 returns from my $8,000 investment every 16 days.

Road to bankruptcy y’all!!

She’s a cutie

WTF - you spent more than what you earned. This video is weird.

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we're on the same page as far as therapy costs but everything else, no ma'am, no sir

Add a kid to that - good luck living on $27k

wondering how she ran an $1100 deficit for january and is thriving lol. doesn't add up, either she has side income or her family pays for a lot of her needs.

Wow y’all are so jealous of someone just trying to live at the moment and actually enjoy life. Your resentment towards your life just shows. She earns 27k without tax cause that’s a stipend and she does not have to pay for tuition fees. The people who are being negative about this video, I bet none of y’all received such high amount of scholarships in your life. 3.4k is her expense in January it said, maybe she spends less on some months and also she said she will pay back some money she loaned from her brother sometimes by doing summer jobs or once she graduates and gets a full time job. She lives in a shared apartment (probably with 3-4 other people) so she is exactly not living the lifestyle of a middle class.