{"id":141997,"date":"2023-09-22T13:58:18","date_gmt":"2023-09-22T13:58:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theprojectsworld.com\/?p=141997"},"modified":"2023-09-22T13:58:18","modified_gmt":"2023-09-22T13:58:18","slug":"i-make-60k-per-year-but-was-way-better-off-on-minimum-wage-what-ive-had-to-do-to-ensure-i-can-still-go-out-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theprojectsworld.com\/fashion\/i-make-60k-per-year-but-was-way-better-off-on-minimum-wage-what-ive-had-to-do-to-ensure-i-can-still-go-out-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"I make \u00a360K per year but was WAY better off on minimum wage – what I\u2019ve had to do to ensure I can still go out | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"

A WOMAN who earns around \u00a360K per year has claimed she was better off when she was on minimum wage.<\/p>\n

Social media user Sam said that the cost-of-living crisis had become so out of hand this year that she\u2019s had to make big sacrifices to make her money go further.<\/p>\n

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Sam, aka TikTok user @sam.breezie, lives in Canada and said she couldn\u2019t believe the difference ten years had made in what people, including herself, can now afford.<\/p>\n

She explained: \u201cThe cost of living in 2023 is so bad that I\u2019m pretty sure I actually was better off financially when I was making minimum wage in 2012 \u2013 versus me almost making $100,000 (\u00a360k) today.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn 2012, I lived with my roommate in a two-bedroom apartment and our rent was $700 (\u00a3420), so we paid $350 (\u00a3212) each.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sam then listed her other outgoings and their price points over a decade ago, as she said: \u201cI paid maybe $100-$150 (\u00a360 \u2013 \u00a390) for groceries.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur utilities were maybe $100 (\u00a360) a month for everything, and my take home pay making minimum wage was probably $1300-1400 (\u00a3790 \u2013 \u00a3850) a month.\u201d<\/p>\n

So Sam said that even once she\u2019d paid her dues, she still had plenty to play with or do what she pleased with.<\/p>\n

She recalled: \u201cAfter all my expenses and necessities I had so much money left over \u2013 several hundred dollars left over.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was able to go out to eat multiple times per week. I mean, nothing fancy, but I was still able to go out.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI was able to go shopping and I really liked buying make-up and clothes and I was able to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n

But fast forward to ten years later and Sam said that despite her salary going up substantially, she \u2013 and so many others \u2013 are finding it much harder to afford the lifestyle they had previously.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In fact, eating out and shopping out are now rare occurrences, it seemed, as Sam had had to make some life choices to help make ends meet. \u00a0<\/p>\n

In the video posted to her social media profile, she continued: \u201cNow in 2023 I pay $3,300 (\u00a32k) dollars a month for rent in British Columbia, split in two so I pay $1650 (\u00a31k) of that.\u00a0<\/p>\n

I really feel like I had a lot more disposable income in 2012 when I was making minimum wage<\/p>\n

\u201cUtilities are at least $200 or $300 (\u00a3120 \u2013 \u00a3180) a month.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI have a student loan payment of several hundred dollars a month.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI had to move outside the city, so now I have to have a car.<\/p>\n

\u201cGas prices are ridiculous, car insurance \u2013 it adds up.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sam continued: \u201cObviously I am making a decent salary, I can afford it.<\/p>\n

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