<prompt> Human: For those people wondering how much they should strive towards making without having to live paycheck to paycheck, the MIT living wage calculator is actually pretty accurate. I field tested it against my own numbersestimations and came up with pretty similar results. For instance, it lists a livable wage in West Palm Beach Florida to be 11.30 hourly. After deducting taxes and estimated cost of living, I came up with a comfortable 300 a month discretionary income in which you could use to pay off debt, save, or any other goals. Check it out and tell me what you fellow numbers geeks think!Edit: added hyperlinkEdit 2: wow this blew up overnight! Welcome to the thread folks! Edit 3: Ive had some non-US users ask if they did any studies outside the US, which they havent at least not that Im aware of. But you can always run your own numbers. The simplified equation is rent groceries all other monthly living expenses times 12 minimum post tax annual salary that you would need to survive. You can then extrapolate from there using your local tax laws to figure out the equivalent hourly wage. Assistant: Link for the lazy :Human: Wow thanks friend! I wish I could sticky this!  <response>: all the rules for formatting are here its not HTML. 