> How are your taxes so low?!?! I pay ~$15,000 more in taxes than both of you combined but I make significantly less than M. Hell, even federal income tax alone for me is about what you pay in overall taxes, let alone social security tax, state income tax, etc.
I think you pay less when you are married and fill jointly.
> I'm very jealous of how low your rent is! I pay $2600 a month and I live alone...I'm also jealous of how little you guys pay for health insurance
Yeah, I think this is because of the suburb and our landlord hasn't raised it for several years. We are very lucky.
> Whatever the $3300 in debt is, I would just pay it off immediately. You can certainly afford it and with high interest rates these days I wouldn't want any debt no matter how minimal it is.
tradingext OP t1_j2bwrqd wrote
Reply to comment by -Sylphrena- in Early 30s, Houston suburb budget: does it look healthy? by tradingext
>I tried to look at premiums and they wanted $1600 a month and I noped out.
idk, I'm also confused about the medical insurance, because a few of my friends pay literally nothing and get the premiums from their employer.
The health plans (cigna) my employee provides are: