You’ll get even more if you look to Arlington or Somerville. Also F YOU (jk……sorta)

I’ve lived in Cambridge for more than 10 years. 2BD room. Any salary more than $65k makes living very manageable. Roommates can help offset costs(and pad savings). Dating someone who owns a home(left to them) in The Port area helps connnsssiiierabbly.

The rule of thumb is to spend about a third of your gross monthly income on rent. For you that's about $2,361, which should be plenty. I would do the math with a tax calculator for net income and rough out a budget to make sure that it actually works.

That is very doable with a roommate. I make more now, but when I first moved to Cambridge it was for my entry level job making about 65k with bonus and paying about 1100-1200 in rent with roommates, and it felt comfortable and manageable.

It's most recommended to spend under 30% of take home pay on rent, though realistically many pay more with the cost of living, so I'd say try to stay at around 1300 if possible. You can probably afford a bit more, but I'd advise against getting the nicest place you can and sacrificing your ability to comfortably save.

As some other people have mentioned, you usually need a good chunk of money to get an apartment - first months rent, security deposit, brokers fee etc. You can often avoid a lot of these fees by joining an existing lease with someone looking for a roommate, which is something work considering. There will be lots of new grads/ people in their early-mid 20s looking for roommates in the facebook housing groups

Agree with other commenters but make sure to examine what you consider “decent standard of living”

Urban living with roommates on that salary will be fine. If you start adding expectations of say living in an expensive new building, having in-unit laundry, having a car and a dedicated parking spot, etc, then it’s more questionable.

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Totally doable with roommates! Though it’s kinda depressing that salary one still needs a housemate for a comfortable living situation (meaning being able to pay the bills and still have a bit of fun and savings).

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I live alone in a one bedroom on $67000

What in the ever-loving fuck do you think an entry level salary is?

Awesome, good to know. Hopefully it doesn’t sound like I’m fishing for praise, I know the starting salary is high but I had an internship this summer in a different area in Mass and 100% of the money I made went to rent, groceries, gas, etc, even though I had roommates. So I’m trying to avoid this again lol

Rent for you would be anywhere from $1300-2000. Totally doable

Definitely doable with a roommate.

You should know that you will need to have a decent amount of money saved when it comes time to move— typically people are asked to provide 3-4 months’ rent when signing a lease (first month, security deposit, broker fee, and possibly last month).

One bedroom apartments go for around $3k/month, so a two bedroom will probably be around $3.5k/month.

I highly suggest considering Somerville as well! But yeah Inman Sq and parts of Harvard Sq are definitely doable with a roommate or two at that salary

I make about half of what you do and am living here comfortably with roommates in a nice apartment (and close to town center).

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$85k is a great starter job for your first year and will allow room to save for the long term. Remember even though there isn't a sign on or annual bonus, the highest pay raises tend to be moving to another job and negotiating your worth. Join the position to add a year or two on your resume, and when you've felt you've gained your skills move to the next job.

Yeah you should have no problem

More than I make after 20 years in my industry.

That’s entry level? Fuuuuuck

Very doable, esp with roommates.

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Of course. Laws have never changed.

Actually no. The cycling safety ordinance requires protected bike lanes to be installed on Garden.

Wine and Spirits Fair Dealing Act

>The Wine and Spirits Fair Dealing Act, also known as the Wirtz Law, was an infamous Illinois state law passed in 1999 that prevented distillers and wineries from changing distributors without "just cause". Distributors stated that the law was required to prevent producers from severing ties with Illinois distributors and "outsourcing" their deals, ostensibly resulting in thousands of job losses throughout the state. After the law was passed, all Illinois distributors raised their prices. The Federal Trade Commission actively lobbied against the law, to no avail.

DRAM price fixing scandal

>In 2002, the United States Department of Justice, under the Sherman Antitrust Act, began a probe into the activities of dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) manufacturers in response to claims by US computer makers, including Dell and Gateway, that inflated DRAM pricing was causing lost profits and hindering their effectiveness in the marketplace. To date, five manufacturers have pleaded guilty to their involvement in an international price-fixing conspiracy between July 1, 1998, and June 15, 2002, including Hynix, Infineon, Micron Technology, Samsung, and Elpida.

Lysine price-fixing conspiracy

>The lysine price-fixing conspiracy was an organized effort during the mid-1990s to raise the price of the animal feed additive lysine. It involved five companies that had commercialized high-tech fermentation technologies, including American company Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), Japanese companies Ajinomoto and Kyowa Hakko Kogyo, and Korean companies Sewon America Inc. and Cheil Jedang Ltd. A criminal investigation resulted in fines and three-year prison sentences for three executives of ADM who colluded with the other companies to fix prices.

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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/DRAM_price_fixing_scandal

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https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/wbna20388297

https://modernfarmer.com/2021/01/tyson-foods-to-pay-221-5-million-in-chicken-price-fixing-scandal-settlement/

https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaeltnietzel/2022/01/10/federal-lawsuit-alleges-16-elite-universities-engaged-in-price-fixing/?sh=8dca71873add

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/everything-is-rigged-the-biggest-price-fixing-scandal-ever-82255/amp/

https://www.reuters.com/article/ctech-us-memorycards-pricefixing-lawsuit-idCABREA4D0MI20140514

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/wbna41926712

https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2022/05/ftc-takes-action-against-frontier-lying-about-internet-speeds-ripping-customers-who-paid-high-speed

https://www.foodbusinessnews.net/articles/16314-price-fixing-allegations-continue-to-tarnish-the-food-sector

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Do you have a source, like an article, discussing the high prevalence of price fixing?