What do your monthly bills total?

[merithyn]

Okay, we've done the income thing. I'm wondering now what it costs for you to live. I'm NOT including variables like food, clothing, etc. I'm just curious to know what your housing, utilites, vehicles, and insurance cost you per month. This can include things like the weird taxes that Euros have to pay.

My family's monthly living expenses are ~2400/month. (That's gone up about $800 since Max got a job. For the last eight years our bills were in the $1500 - 1600/month range.)

EDIT: The amounts above are supposed to be in American dollars, so if you wouldn't mind doing the conversion before you vote.....

[Valmy]

More than I would like thanks to our stupid car payment and mortgage 

[Zanza]

What is included in insurance? Health insurance is directly deducted from my payroll, so I don't really consider it a monthly bill. Without health insurance, I have fixed expenses for housing, utilities, communication, transport (don't own a vehicle), insurance etc. of less than 1000 Euro/month.

EDIT:

This can include things like the weird taxes that Euros have to pay.

Must have missed that. What is a weird tax for you? Income tax? Social security contributions out of payroll?

[Malthus]

Heh good question. I'm not totally sure, since some stuff my wife pays on our behalf, but insurance plus communications plus property taxes plus utilities plus gas for the car probably totals around $1500 per month.

This is a trifle misleading though, as I own outright my house and car.

Ed: just to be sure, I'll vote over $1500.

[garbon]

Oh I voted no clue before I read your post and saw what you specified. I know all of that.

[CountDeMoney]

With mortgage, car, auto insurance, condo fees, cable, phone, electricity, etc., I'm at around $2,300 to $2,400 a month, but $500 of that is the fucking lifeblood-sucking vampire called my COBRA healthcare.

[Zanza]

Unless I buy something really expensive (like an exotic three-week vacation), I always have more money at the end of the month than at the start. That's all that really matters...

[CountDeMoney]

With mortgage, car, auto insurance, condo fees, cable, phone, electricity, etc., I'm at around $2,300 to $2,400 a month, but $500 of that is the fucking lifeblood-sucking vampire called my COBRA healthcare.

Actually, upon further review, I'm really at around $2,100ish a month.  But that fucking COBRA ain't helping.

[merithyn]

What is included in insurance? Health insurance is directly deducted from my payroll, so I don't really consider it a monthly bill. Without health insurance, I have fixed expenses for housing, utilities, communication, transport (don't own a vehicle), insurance etc. of less than 1000 Euro/month.

EDIT:

This can include things like the weird taxes that Euros have to pay.

Must have missed that. What is a weird tax for you? Income tax? Social security contributions out of payroll?

For some, health insurance is a monthly bill. For others it's an auto-deduct from your paycheck. You can decide for yourself how you want to count it.

The weird taxes are like the living tax that they have in England. (I don't remember what it's called.) As well as the "watch TV" tax, etc.

[merithyn]

Heh good question. I'm not totally sure, since some stuff my wife pays on our behalf, but insurance plus communications plus property taxes plus utilities plus gas for the car probably totals around $1500 per month.

This is a trifle misleading though, as I own outright my house and car.

Ed: just to be sure, I'll vote over $1500.

I don't think that's misleading at all. I'm not asking what your assets are; I'm asking what you pay for your basic living expenses. If you own your car and your house, then should you, god forbid, get laid off or fired, you could live on a much lower budget than you're used to. That's more what I'm wondering.

[Barrister]

Our monthly bill just skyrocketed due to childcare costs.

[merithyn]

Oh I voted no clue before I read your post and saw what you specified. I know all of that.

Well? What's the real answer then?

[merithyn]

Our monthly bill just skyrocketed due to childcare costs.

It's been kind of nice not being financially responsible for two of the four kids.

[merithyn]

Without health insurance, I have fixed expenses for housing, utilities, communication, transport (don't own a vehicle), insurance etc. of less than 1000 Euro/month.
payroll?

Hey, um, Zanza, did you vote 1000 or did you do the conversion to $? I think it's in a similar range, but I was actually thinking in dollars even though I didn't put that up there. 

[Brazen]

About $1800 for a one person, one-salary household, includes car costs but not petrol. Living in London beggars me.