What Does It Really Take to Live in Seattle?

Name: Brandon

Age: 38

Annual income: $120,000

Monthly housing costs: $2,300 monthly mortgage in Seattle; $1,400 monthly mortgage in Jefferson County

Other household income: $55,000 (spouse) and $500 per month (roommate)

Student debt: $4,000 left from $20,000

Childcare: $0

Amount in savings: “A couple thousand.”

Amount in retirement: $10,000

Last splurge: A prefab shed for $12,000.

Are you living comfortably in Seattle? “Yes, but only within the last couple of years. I never planned on being able to retire and couldn’t really afford to put any income into a 401K. What’s there now is really just from an autosave program at a previous employer. We bought a house in August

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