I just got accepted into graduate school to become an early childhood/ special education teacher and am looking for a job as a teacher's assistant, but I am worried that the pay may be too low to support my necessary bills. My current job in internet advertising pays well I but because it will interfere with classes I really want to quit and get some real experience in this new field until I graduate in 2 years. Is anyone living (or has recently lived) in the New York City area (NJ commute) on a salary under $25,000 per year gross (not net) as a teacher's asst. or other career? How? My cost of living minus luxury expenses is $1289 per month. And I live in NJ by myself (don't want a roommate). Or is there some kind of living grant for people like me in this situation (and no "welfare" is not what I mean). Thanks!
2006-06-16 17:33:55 · 16 answers · asked by shayeshayeshaye 6 in Business & Finance ➔ Careers & Employment
ok people...some of you are not reading. I live in NJ already, I don't have to move. NJ is part of NYC (sorry if this is confusing).
2006-06-17 03:00:45 · update #1
I should have said NYC metro area
2006-06-17 03:02:38 · update #2
if u want to live comfortably, i don't think so
2006-06-30 03:58:24 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No you can't. NYC is brutally expensive. Best of luck.
In NYC, people either: A) get hitched early or B) stay living at home until their mid-thirties to save for a house
Don't believe what you see on TV (i.e. - those "cool" singles living on their own)
2006-06-16 17:37:27 · answer #2 · answered by karkondrite 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, here's the math...
$25,000 - taxes(28%) = $18,000 net
$1289 * 12 months = $15,468/year on expenses
$18,000 - $15,468 = $2,532
$2,532 / 12 months = $211
So assuming you can find a single apartment in New York that keeps your monthly expenses at $1289 (Ha! Good luck with that), you're looking at having $211/month left over. But that would quickly be spent on transportation costs seeing as you'd have to live a million miles from the city in order to pay such a low rent...also, you'd probably be in a pretty bad area so you'd get robbed for anything you had leftover anyway.
Bottom line, no, you can't pull this one off unless you get AT LEAST one other roommate.
2006-06-16 17:44:51 · answer #3 · answered by Ace Kinkaid 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was born and lived in NYC all my life and for the past ten years I've been living on half that amount.
Now my income is the same as yours and I'm also in college and I live paycheck to paycheck.
Williamsburg is good to live, you can also start looking now on NYC.gov for new condos and building a certain percent goes to working people.
If you also choose to teach in NY I know of seven programs were they find you either a house or help with your rent including utilities and other perks. NY is desperate for qualified American teachers. Beware the teachers union but they still can help.
2006-06-16 17:54:05 · answer #4 · answered by Man 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Even an efficiency would be pretty expensive. Don't take a car to the city. That will save you time and money, on gas, the car itself, on tolls, on taxes and parking. Just take a bike or walk. Don't eat out. Try working for Huntington Learning Center or Sylvan Learning Center on the side. It's pretty easy work, and it pays okay. Plus, you'll meet lots of new teachers just like you. You might even like one of them enough to try living with a housemate.
2006-06-16 17:39:48 · answer #5 · answered by Jacida 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If NYC stands for North Yahoo Colorado the answer is maybe, if you are careful. If it means New York City, forget it. Your taxes will be more than that.
2006-06-16 17:45:39 · answer #6 · answered by gimpalomg 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I suggest you contact the school where you are accepted and ask people there. $25k sounds pretty low for NYC or NJ, especially without a roommate. I would ask around about your salary expectations too. Congratulations on being accepted!
2006-06-16 17:43:09 · answer #7 · answered by jumpingrightin 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Me, too. I would imagine the answer is "no way." I read that the average cost of a condominium in New York is $2,000,000. No joke.
Why, in Seattle a small condominium, smaller than a kid's room in total square-footage is $145,000.
2006-06-16 17:38:47 · answer #8 · answered by perfectlybaked 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on where you live. whether it's a good neighborhood .most likely no.not if you want to live with out the fear your lights are going to turn off.
2006-06-16 17:37:51 · answer #9 · answered by Victoria J 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Can't do it without a roommate. You'd better face that fact soon....
2006-06-30 16:08:57 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
NYC is too expensive to live
2006-06-16 17:36:02 · answer #11 · answered by Vlad J 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋