How much do you save a month

[~bs]

I'll play but seeing some of the figures on here makes mine feel small. Going by last year's totals and on par to repeat it if all goes well this year my annual (not monthly) savings in my retirement accounts were $24,000 + $6500 for a total of $30,500. Divide that by 12 and that would make it $2451.66667 per month. I'm currently in Las Vegas and drunk posting so my apologies if my figures are off, having double vision (lol).

I think you're doing very well. I'm pretty sure even 1k/month is well above the norm (sad to say). I think the key is to simply maintain the same level of living, even as your income increases, so there's no changes to your standard of living, but your savings rate keeps increasing.

The last raise I took earlier this year was ~10k. I pretty much live life the same as before, so all it did was boost the savings rate. lol

[FLA]

Before I got sick, I saved 18% in my 403B, dumped extra cash into a Roth and maintained a small EF. Now that my income is so low, I am still trying to save half of it for the EF because my healthcare costs are going to skyrocket when COBRA ends Jan 1. Even if it means not pulling my full wt around here with groceries, I feel like I have to save half my income to get through this time of my life. Especially if this turns out to be permanent.

[LivingAlmostLarge]

nothing. I think saving anything is good and upping it from there better.