T&TTOOLS & TRADESMONEY · FIELD MANUALSFREE PUNCH LIST
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Savings Rate.

The one number that predicts everything else: what share of your take-home you actually keep. Find yours, then read it against the bands.

$/MO
$/MO
Everything you set aside — retirement, cash, extra debt paydown.
YOUR SAVINGS RATE
15.0%
On the board — 10%
10%20%30%

Ten percent gets you on the board. Twenty is solid. Twenty-five and up is the stretch tier — the fast lane to owning the job.

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