For all Desi’s who come to USA, its a confusing number to decide how much is really enough. Of course, this magic number depends totally on weather someone is single+student, single+working, married+1salary or married+2salaries. I am trying to give a rough and necessary calculation of expenses that you incur monthly. Of course the expenses changes from state to state and also depends on people.
Expense Type | Low End | High End | Average |
House Rent | 800 | 1400 | 1000 |
Water + Trash + Sewage | 40 | 50 | 40 |
Mobile | 50 | 80 | 50 |
Internet + Home Phone + Cable | 0 | 120 | 120 |
Car Gas | 100 | 200 | 100 |
Car Instalment | 200 | 500 | 300 |
Grosseries | 200 | 400 | 300 |
Miscellanious | 300 | 500 | 300 |
Total | 1690 | 3250 | 2210 |
The above table suggests expenses for a single family (wife and husband) and no kids. In the end the idea is to get everyone know how mush is NECESSARY here in US for all desi’s coming here for the first time.