<prompt> Human: So I am just finishing up my last semester of school and I am just trying to make my prospective monthly budget after I graduate. Hypothetically speaking I should be earning 40-45k when I move from my internship to the full-time position. But I will just be conservative and use the 40k in computing the budget.40,00012 3,333.33 pre-tax take home30 1,000 Rent wutilities30 1,000 Student Loan Payments7.65 255 Withheld Taxes6 200 Groceries6 200 401k Contribution6 200 Personal Expenses1.5 50 Gas12.85 428.33 SavingsThank you! Edit: FormattingEdit2: If this isnt a good plan could anyone suggest a better budget? Everything can be subject to change except rent. Paying 1,000month on loans should be paid off in a little over 2 years.Edit3: Redoing my budget and asking my personal finance professor that I took a class with a couple of years back to ask if he can review my budget. If anyone is still interested I will make a new post when ever I finish meeting with him to review my budget.Final Edit: updated budgetAssistant: Youre going to take home 24-2500month after taxes if youre being paid bi-weekly. Youll have 2 months a year where you get an extra check and take home 3600. That said you cant afford to spend nearly half of your take home on rent. Youre also seemingly budgeting too little for gas and nothing for repairs, maintenance, insurance, etc.. Human: Does it matter that I am currently being paid on a weekly basis in my internship with them? And genuinely asking, how did you compute those numbers?  <response>: I used paycheckcity.com. There are zillions of online paycheck calculators. Most employees are paid biweekly, but you can play around with the calculator to see what itd be if you were to be paid weekly.Edit: also worth noting is if you live in a state with income tax the numbers I quoted will be even lower. 