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> our servers were making $38 per hour or the equivalent of $70,000 to $80,000 a year ... assuming 36% on rent after tax, that would mean you have about $1,460
by droithomme 8y ago
> our servers were making $38 per hour or the equivalent of $70,000 to $80,000 a year ... assuming 36% on rent after tax, that would mean you have about $1,460 available for rent per month.
> Cheryl Young, an economist for Trulia, found that in nearby San Francisco, only 0.1% of restaurant staff can find affordable housing in the city, with the average monthly rent for a one-bedroom apartment at an insane $3,447.
$80,000 is vastly too much pay for restaurant servers.
It's understandable that if one-bedroom rent in the bad part of town is $2447 that restaurants simply can't exist in this economy. That's just the way it is.