For a 1 bedroom apartment in SF is probably around $3000 a month. About $1,341
AVERAGE UTILITY BILLS SURVEY SUMMARY. Average monthly rent reported in the survey was $1,341 and average utility costs were $240 a month, or equal to 18% of the rent. See the chart below for averages for different size apartments and different regions in the country.  I am looking to rent an apartment for $890 a month, utilities are not included. I make about $720 net every week. I pay about about $500 for car payments and insurance and about $200 a month on student loans. Your utilities will depend on what size place you get and what part of the country you live, but use $50-$100 for electric and $100 for cell phone/internet bundle as a rough estimate. You may also have to pay for water in some areas. You need to earn at least $33 an hour — $68,640 a year — to be able to afford the average apartment in Los Angeles County, according to Matt Schwartz, president and chief executive of the California Housing Partnership, which advocates for affordable housing. The $33 an hour figure is based on the average L.A. County apartment rental price of $1,716 a month, from USC's 2014 Casden Multifamily Forecast. No... Are you talking about 1500 for rent, electric, cable, water, sewer (if nec), food, car insurance, phone/cell phone, .... Car insurance seems to average about $150-200 depending on the car/area per month alone. If you live in an area where you are used to paying 600-800 for the year could come as a shock. My cable/internet bill averages about $100.... $1500 could be enough to live on if you don't have any of these things and don't eat out ever maybe.... First, if you are living in an aparment building your cost will be much lower than if you are renting a … house. On average a month I pay about $30 water/sewer/trash, $200 tv/phone/internet, $100 electric, $50 summer/$150 winter for gas. If you are looking for an apartment try to find one that is heated by electric and not gas, that will save you boat loads of money. So an average month I pay between $480-$380 a month in utilities. Though, if you don't need a phone, internet, and cable your cost goes down by $200/month. So try to figure out ways to budget your money. One should technically make in one week what their monthly rent is. With that in mind, the current average for a 1 bedroom apartment in SF is probably around $3000 a month. To make $3000 a week you need to make $75 an hour. That’s an annual income of $156k. Clear, take home cash money. If you live in Las Vegas, for example, you'll spend a lot more on air conditioning this summer than someone in Minneapolis. But budgeting an average of $50 to $60 per month to power a one-or two-bedroom apartment should suffice. And many apartments come with garbage and water service included, so you may not have to worry about that. For renter's insurance, a good policy can run about $200 a year -- or $17 a month. The national average cost for basic cable is about $15 a month -- $30 for expanded basic, to which the vast majority of cable watchers subscribe. Add a high-speed Internet connection for $40, and you'd do well to budget $70 or so for the whole package. The price of an electric bill in an economy size apartment in the  East Texas area varies quite a bit. My personal charges on a 570  sq. ft. apartment in Dallas were around … $65.00 last month (July).  Half of the charges, however, were fees, taxes, and surcharges. So an average month I pay between $480-$380 a month in utilities. Though, if you don't need a phone, internet, and cable your cost goes down by $200/month. So try to figure out ways to budget your money. And even after the following month’s numbers provided modest relief (less than 2 percent’s worth of relief — it dipped to $3,998), it will still cost renters an average — not for anything fancy, mind you — of $48,000 a year to live in Manhattan with an extra room. 
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