the median income in America for a single adult is about $62,000 a year so if that's you then after taxes you're bringing home about $4,000 a month if you are spending that full $1,000 a month all of your expenses are that then you want to multiply that by six and you want to save $24,000 in your fully funded emergency fund so again you're going to look at your bills and for some people it's like yeah what are the things that I have to have covered you know rent utilities Transportation all of that and that's really going to help you
