How One Teacher Spends Her $69,000 Salary | Honest Accounts | Glamour 

$640 IN RENT !!!!! That's truly amazing for NYC! As she said, she def. lucked out on that.

"I always spend more than I think at Target" - a statement every teacher has said! Love this video, as a teacher, I can relate.

I like how any time these are posted everyone in the comments becomes a professional finance planner lol.

These series are very interesting to see what women with different ages and occupations spend their money on. Helps me to realize what I can cut back on with my own expenses.

Good for her for getting her living expenses low! That's SO important in a city like NY. Assuming she doesn't have any debt, which is amazing, getting more serious about her savings/investments will take her a LONG way! - Akeiva

That woman who rents her house is amazing!! I love that

“I went out and bought a planner because I need to get my life together”. Me and you both sis 😂😂😂

Does anyone else do an internal monologue of your own episode after watching one of these? I do every time.

why do all these people who make a decent living put soo little into their personal saving accounts? you are literally paying yourself (it's like having two pay-days), don't be stingy, show you some love!

I would love to know what a millionaire spends!!!! Please make it happen

Wtf??? 4 years of teaching and she makes 69K? THIS should be the average. Not the teachers in my state (NC) who have master's degrees and 20 years of experience and make 45k.

She makes really good money for a teacher and seems pretty wise with her money even though I would probably put more into my savings

Please more women of color! And African-American women! Thank you for this!

This series is so interesting to watch. Seeing how completely different women spend/save their money. Makes me feel like budgeting my money afterwards! Love it.

Basically ladies are different... 😍 I appreciate ladies cause my mum spends all making sure we have a bright life 😢..... Please appreciate your parents if you still have them with you 😔..

This is my favorite episode of this series! I'm happy to see her highlighted on her. She inspired me to think about how I can get my rent that low! Good job!

Her rent is fairly low then why is she saving so little every month?

$2200 blown every month on discretionary spending sheeeeesh

My favorite salary video so far

Thank you Glamour for showing the profession some love and giving Teachers some much deserved attention. Your counter parts at GQ and Vanity Fair should take notes.

She seems like a smart and successful young woman! I hope she accomplishes all her dreams while keep being smart with her money.

Thank you so much for this. So good!

Yes! Doctor who and Old Navy fan!👐🏾 I can definitely relate

Awesome!! Maybe she's a teacher at a charter or private school. Not sure if public schools pay for Ubers for teachers...but if so..kudos to NYC public school system! I would like to see one with someone trying to become debt free, whether they have student loans, credit card debt and so on....

I'm a young teacher in a HCOL area too. More power to her for scoring a reasonable living situation in NYC. I'm very on top of my finances, so I put about 45% of my net income into savings. Paying myself first is the most important thing I do with my money.

Can you link your landlord tho? #seriousquestion

Girl did you just say fisherman's cove? Shoutout to flatbush/canarsie!!! This is an awesome video!

Loved this!

I needed this video. 🙌🏾

I love these videos.

idk i feel like if someone’s giving you such a low rent so that you can succeed you should be putting more in your savings. the 300 to 2200 proportion seems really off to me

What a amazing young woman. She is doing pretty well. I love watching these videos with young people very inspiring.

I love these!

$27,000 in TAXES?!

You're doing a good job. Just keep an eye on the small spending. They can add up really fast.

💖love this

$640 rent omg I'm so jealous... Been looking for a 1 bedroom apartment in Crown Heights, BK and running me about $1850 total for my boyfriend and I :-( You go girl!

I live in NYC, same salary, my rent is double hers, and yet my saving is more than hers (401k and personal) she spent way too much on non-essential expenses.

Glamour you need to do one of these with a pre/during covid comparison

This series is inspiring me to really itemise my expenses like this down to the smallest thing and really see where my money going.

I’m a 4th year teacher in Alabama making 45k a year. If I could make this much I’d have all the money saved ! Especially with her limited living expenses.

Thank you for doing teachers! If you ever want another one, I’d love to be on this show! I live in NC 🥰

Love these videos, she has a real hold of her finances and she’s right experiences not things. The first of the series I can really relate to.

Her voice sounds like Azealia Banks’.

a really good episode

Everyone’s so mature - she makes 69,000 dollars.

I love this omgggg

My housemate is the same with her house, she has six rooms. I pay for a room as someone who is just beginning my career.

Can you show someone who works in financial industry next time? Thank you!

I love her!

The rent is nice! So affordable

Glad she spends her money lol, based on these comments it seems everyone wants her to save everything for a future that she didn’t tell you she wants

I wanna see for UK, it would be interesting

Can you do an accountant/CPA?

Is it normal for americans to spending so much money on nonessentials? This lady spends $2200 after rent and utilities, but only saves 300 is this normal for her income level? Two thirds of her money goes to nonesentials. Doesn't seem like shes taking advantage of her living situation. More like shes over spending because of it. Seems crazy😫 also cook people.

I signed up for a kickboxing class when I was in high school and I think I went maybe 2 or 3 times then was like nahhh...

Interesting. Seems like a lot of unnecessary spending. She makes enough to save AT LEAST 25%+ of her income. If she handles her money right. She can stay at the place she's at now and save enough for a down payment on a coop/condo by the time she's 30.

For those of you who don’t know. Teachers in New York are one of the best paid teachers in all of United States. I believe NY is in the top 5 coming in at number 2 after Alaska. Oklahoma comes in last. So she’s definitely going to get way more money with tenure.

That would be awesome if when they finish speaking Dave Ramsey comes out

I would love to see this with couples

only pays $640 a month in new york city?!?! my god is she lucky.

I want my salary to be on here! How do I sign up?...after quarantine of course.

I aspire to be just like her!!! She has so much in savings and retirement! I think she should splurge a little even though she could be saving more, she's doing better than a lot of folks!

Omg how did she make her budget spread sheet

I love her

She’s a teacher and her job pays for her Uber’s?????? This cannot be public schools

Man, she spends a lot! I earn less, have a higher rent, and I'm probably taxed more (over 35% where I live) and I still save 1.5k$ a month!!! She certainly has a lavish lifestyle... It's a pity not to save more when her rent is so low in New-York...

Shes smart how she spends her money! Great job!

Yeahhh yayayaya

She has such an inviting personality

I would save her "spending money" and spend the $300. She could have so much money saved by now =(

Best video made so far she did good

nice

I hate the gambling (at poker) but at least I haven't heard any outstanding debt so far.

*Nice*

Geez America is expensive

I like her. She spends too much on food though. Definitely doesn't need to pay for that budget planner either.

Taxes I'm NY Crazy

69k? how long has she been teaching? oh 4 years lmao. that's why i was like!?!?!!?!??!

"Fandango - $35...I hope that was Doctor Who!" a woman after my own heart

I just noticed that these are "ATM and debit card transactions"? If you are disciplined, I would recommend getting a credit card for those reward points back.

This is way more than most teachers get one of my teacher only got 24k a month 😭😭

When your early but don’t know what to say

Apologies if I missed the point, why do you purchase trip insurance on your flight? Is this a sound financial decision? How frequently does it get used/how frequently does it actually pay back the money spent?

lmao. nice

Wow she has a lot of savings with that salary and she pays very cheap for rent. Teaching is a rewarding career but the salary sucks and the rents in nyc is high, so the salaries can’t match to it what’s gunna happened when that house gets sold she will end paying at least 1200 for a studio plus utilities if it doesn’t come with that.

People saying her budget is sensible surely don't live in the real world. The old budgetary rule of thumb is the 20/50/30 rule meaning 20% savings minimum, 50 essentials maximum and 30% discretionary spending maximum. Her ration is more like 8% savings, 29% utilities and 63% discretionary spending, she's spending more than double what she should be! People see 23k savings and think wow but the majority of that is in a retirement fund she can't access. Only 2k in actual savings is nothing, I mean if she were to move out for whatever reason $2k wouldn't even cover the bond and 1st month rent that you normally have to pay up front. At her current rate of saving it'd take her at least another 5 years to even afford an average 2nd hand car let alone registration and insurance.

She earns $3,534 and spends $2,267 for the month...

23K in savings 👏🏻

Half of her check goes to taxes and retirement wow

I think people are confusing her savings and think she has $23,000 in savings when really she only has $2,000. The rest is in a retirement account she cant touch. Her only liquid assets are the 2k. At the savings rate she's going, she wont even have enough to put down first months rent and security when she has to move.

How much does she spend on health care? Is that taken out?

How do all these people find such cheap rent?

*sees title* Nice.

Should easily be putting $2,000/mo to savings!

Teachers in MO make 32K starting.

Omg

Round up!!!!!!

I wish I made that much.

All that shopping