What is the National Average cost of living in the U.S.?
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It depends on the place and your living standard. I believe that you can survive well with $3000 per month. Although people can also live below that. If you are student you need around $1500 per month.
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Hi. I live in Bangalore, so I thought I'd be well qualified to answer your question. For the average Bangalorean (middle class), home rents, utility bills and other monthly recurring costs will total up to approximately Rs. 20,000 to Rs. 25,000. This kind of spending will not give you too much of a luxurious lifestyle, but will help you live a very OK life.\n\nIf you are willing to spend even more for a better quality of life (chef, chauffeur, etc), then your monthly expenses can easily go northwards of Rs. 100,000/-.
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Upwards of $800 for anything liveable. Depends on the part of the city you want to live in as well. Good luck finding something!
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$4,974 academic year average. It is cheap compared to other states.
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What does middle class mean?\nThe most common US definition of middle class is home ownership. What increased by 31%?\n\nFact check!\nMedian Household Income in the US (2005) was $49,747.  That means that  50% of Americans can afford to buy a home valued $139,520 with 0 down at 7% interest.  If they have at least 20% they can afford a home of valued at $176, 611.\n\nSo what was the Median Home Value in the US (2005)? = $214,700...  \n50% of all homes fall below $214,700.  In order to afford the median home value, the household needed an income of $76,600 with no money down (7% interest) or $60,500 with 20% down.
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Here is info on 2006 national poverty guidelines.\n$13,200 a year or below would be the poverty level of a 2 person household.\n\nhttp://aspe.hhs.gov/poverty/06poverty.shtml\n\nWish I was in Denver, lol. I love Colorado!
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Here is a chart that lists average benefits:\nnationally, it is just under $800/month.\nhttp://www.publicagenda.org/issues/factfiles_detail.cfm?issue_type=ss&list=10\n\nHere are several more charts on SS Benefits.\nAs noted, it is based on income - the higher your lifetime income, the higher your benefits.\nhttp://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/cic_text/fed_prog/socsecbf/socsecbf.html
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Probably over $2,400 in the USA.
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If you look at countries like India, Brazil, Mexico. Wealth in the US is veru well distributed. People in some of those countries have to live with 50 dollars a month. In India they make as little as 63 dollars a year. Think about that.
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In USA things are a lot cheaper.
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Single living is going to be pretty tough in any city or state, because the bottom end of single person living is usually around 300 dollars whereever you go.  Now in bigger cities, that 300 dollars is obviously not going to get you as far in terms of "decency" as it would in a much smaller town, it just depends on what you define as "decent".  If you are going for the absolute value for the dollar, you probably want to go to a smaller town (but not small enough that it doesnt have apartments).  Also, I would really recommend living with ROOMATES.  On that income, it really helps to have everything split.  And I am afraid that on that income, having and maintaining a car, with car insurance just isnt possible (assuming you live by yourself, if you have enough roomates it may be possible)\n\nA good place to start looking at the comparative cost of living is at http://www.bestplaces.net/city/.  Under the cost of living section, it gives you a number which is calculated by taking the cost of living in that area, and dividing it by the average cost of living and multiplying it by 100.  This is the "cost of living index".\n\nAnyway, I hope that helped.
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a lot more than Colorado.  its hard for a family to have 100 grand a year and not live paycheck to paycheck.
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That all depends on what index you use. From December 2004 to December 2005, there was a 3.4% increase in the consumer price index. Whether or not that accurately reflects cost of living, I leave to you to decide.
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The Standard of living refers to the quality and quantity of goods and services available to people. It is generally measured by real (i.e. inflation adjusted) income per person, although sometimes other measures may be used; examples are access to certain goods (such as number of refrigerators per 1000 people), or measures of health such as life expectancy.
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It depends on what part of the country you live in (because the cost of living is different throughout the US) and also how much experience you have.  I would say it can range from $10 an hour if you are just getting out of school on up to $25 an hour.
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In my area of the country (Northwest USA) it seems to follow this pattern:\nRich--$1 million and above\nUpper middle class--$250,000 to 1 million\nMiddle Class--$100,000 to 250,000\nLower Middle Class--$50,000 to 100,000\nPoor--Under $50,000 or Apartment.\n\nI know the spectrum is a little different depending on relative population of different areas of the country, but right now with the housing market as it is, this is about where house values are in relation to status.
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Kansas.\nAlot of stupid people here,\nBut living expenses are lower than hell.\nEven car insurance costs less here.\n\nThese suckers think people making $14/hr are wealthy\nHahaha\nMan you can buy a decent home here for 60