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Job: Math Tutor
Age: 34
Neighborhood: Midtown Tulsa
Education: BA, Economics
Estimated annual income: $48,000
Partner's salary: N/A
Dependents: No
Estimated net worth: $75,000
DEBT
No debt
ASSETS
I own my car and have 5 figures in retirement and a little bit elsewhere in my bank and investment accounts.
MONTHLY INCOME
Math tutoring is irregular throughout the year, so this is roughly my average income for the last few years by month:
Jan: $3,200
Feb: $3,600
Mar: $4,700
Apr: $3,900
May: $4,900
Jun: $1,400
Jul: $1,300
Aug: $1,800
Sep: $3,300
Oct: $4,100
Nov: $3,800
Dec: $3,400
MONTHLY EXPENSES
I pay for rent, subscription services (website hosting, Spotify, various streaming services, renter's/health/auto/life insurance), groceries, eating out, fuel, electricity & internet, and currently, a good amount of events. I also donate some money to charity.
Monthly, Rent is about $1700, including fees and some utilities, streaming services is roughly a hundred or so, website hosting $60, insurance is $600, groceries is hard to guess ($500?), eating out a few hundred, fuel $50, electricity & internet $125, events let's say $100?
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