as a 17 yr old can i live on my own getting paid only 7.50 an hr for now?

Answer 1

You need to make more than 7.50 to survive.

Answer 2

Starting a life on your own is a very hard thing to do. Even more so with the income you currenlty have. Not saying you wouldn't be able to make it on your income... You just wouldn't have enough for everyday things that you have more then likley come accustom with such as cell phone, internet, going out for the occational movie or lunch/dinner and so on... You will have just enough to pay for a roof over your head. Then you have bills like electricity and water. If you have a car you will have fuel to pay for, insurance and any maintenance that might come up. My advice to you is simple. Find a better job. Even if you'd find a room mate, it has been my expierence that those never last. Some you might get along with at tge beginning but when time passes you will get irretaded of their habbits or other things. They might not pay their half of the bills on time or at all and you will suffer from it.
Take your time, find a better job. Then think about moving into your own place.

Answer 3

It's possible if you have a roommate and don't have to pay more than a couple hundred dollars for rent. Then there are utilities, transportation, food, clothing. You could do it but it would be an extremely tight budget and you wouldn't have any money for entertainment of any kind. If at all possible, stay where you are, save up some money so you have a good padding and try to find a better paying job. I've been through the living penny to penny route and it's no fun. At your age you should be having fun not scraping by to survive.

Answer 4

It might be a little harder at that wage, but here's some things you can do.

First, set a budget based on your take home pay. List utility bills (electric, gas, water) and home bills (cable, phone, internet, satellite, etc) and gas, groceries, renter's insurance (be sure you get this!) and car insurance. Ad inn anything else you have to have on a monthly basis (trash pickup, medications, etc.).

Write in a dollar amount next to each item on your budget and subtract these from your total monthly take home pay. If you come up with a negative number, see if there is anything you can reduce (like rent). If not, you can't make it on your own yet (unless you can sacrifice something like cable, phone, etc.)

Look around at efficiencies and loft type apartments as they tend to be a little cheaper than apartments with 1or 2 bedrooms. Ask specifically which utilities you'll be responsible for paying (some places have water and electric included in your monthly rent). Check windows and doors for drafts. If the windows and doors do not seal properly, your electric and or gas bills for heating and cooling will be high.

Shop around for car and renter's insurance. Some insurance agencies give you a break if you have multiple policies with them.

Clip coupons and learn to stick with the items on your grocery list and not splurge.

Use public transportation if you can. That will cut down on your insurance (which part of is determined by the mileage you drive to work each day) and gas for the month.

Hope this helps! Good Luck!

Answer 5

really depends on where you live. I would say it would be hard to get by on 7.50/hr almost anywhere though. I would suggest roommate(s) to help with the bills. there are a lot of people out there in the same boat with the economy the way it is and skyrocketing housing. i think there is actually a site on line to look for roommates in your area.

Answer 6

7.50 if you work 40 hrs with no health insurance and you don't own a car you would have to eat ramen noddles and drink tap water to live off of that

Answer 7

Depends on where you live. If you were working full-time and after taxes you would only be making around $900.00 per month. You would you definatly have to live with a roommate to share the utility bills. To be safe you would not want to pay more than $200.00 per month for your share of rent. So

$200.00 for rent
$200.00 for food
$120.00 for gas or transportation
$100.00 for utilities
$50.00 for cell or land line phone
This would only work if you are working full-time. If you are going to school (which you should be) I would highly recommend staying at home until you graduate and then move out.

Answer 8

I was 15 years old when i left my mothers house. I ended up getting kicked out of school because i never went, because i had to work to pay bills.

I made 8.00 dollars an hour but because i was soo young, i couldn't even get a place in my name and nobody would help me. I also had no credit which is something you need, to get big things in life. Being 17 you are not going to be able to get neither a house, apartment, mobile home or even a shack so what are you going to live in? your car? with a friend? How well do you actually see that working out? Why are you trying to grow up so fast? I'm telling you now it is not worth it.

Because i couldn't get a place in my own name i ended up moving in with my boyfriend who was 3 years older than i was, I paid half the rent, half the phone bill, i payed for my own gas, i paid half for utilities, half for food, i paid for my own insurance ect and it was still very hard. I never had all the money to pay everything that i was suppose to and for that it put me under alot of stress..

I thought i was ready to be the adult but befor i knew it i realized i would have rathered being home with my family, living rent free, going to school and actually making something of myself but when i finally decided i wasn't ready for all of it i asked my mother if i could come back and she told me NO.

My boyfriend and I ended up breaking up after about 3 years and again i was stuck living on my own with no place to go because i wasn't old enough to get a place of my own. I was staying with friends, going from place to place. which caused even more stressed. There were even times when i had to sleep in my car.

A year later i met this one guy who turned out to be one of the best friends i have ever had, he offered me to go and live with him at his parents house until i was able to get on my feet.
A couple months later, we started dating and about a month after that we were married, we got our own house, a new car. I got a better job and everything was finally running smoother for me, after all these years. I finally get a break.
It has been two years since we married. We are still together as happy as can be and now have a three week old baby girl.

It took me a long time and lots of help from my husband and his family befor my life got even remotely easy. It is not worth all the stress.

Your 17 years old, you will be 18 soon. Why not wait until then? That way you will have a better chance at life, you will be old enough to get a place, possibly even a better job and so forth....
Unless your being abused by a family member or treated very very badly there is no reason for you too rush things. Enjoy the rest of your childhood while you can. It will be over befor you know it and you will be wishing you were a kid again. Trust me, i did.

good luck with everything!

Answer 9

It would all depend on where you live...If you live in L.A. or the big apple I would say no same thing with San Francisco.....however if you lived in San Antonio you could swing it......just call around and find how much an apartment costs you have to consider utilities as well as food and clothing...

Answer 10

Depends on where you live but probably not unless you have a roomate. Also, how many hours a week? Will you be able to even set up utilities accounts at your age? Sounds to me like you need to wait until you're 18.

Answer 11

depends on how many hours you work, and where you are going to be living..but chances are you probably cant....bills add up. You have to think about food, gas, car insurance, and if your car breaks down(if you have a car), electric bills, telephone bills, getting furniture for your place. Stuff like that. You dont want to end up broke by the time you are 20...so i wouldnt recommend it