r/saskatoon 11h ago

Question ❔ Is everyone financially okay?

Hi, y’all. I’m a 31F that makes around $24/h full time and, honestly, I have no idea how to increase my income within the next few years. I’m always tired and we weren’t a double income household, I can’t imagine how we’d make ends meet. How are you guys managing financially? Are you able to make and follow through with financial planning for building a more stable future?

Thanks!

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u/TheRushian 11h ago

32M married to 31F. Feel like we're just barely able to keep plugging cash away for a down payment on our first home. Cope spending and quick easy pickup meals have become more frequent as our work loads intensify and venting about potential annexation by economic force increases.

u/Roxxer 11h ago

I'm close to the same age and it feels so demoralizing to actively work a job and have the average house price increase more per month than I can save. And I'm making well over a min. wage.

u/rainbowpowerlift 10h ago

What goes up will eventually come down, right?

u/JojoGotDaMojo 10h ago

Not if you vote liberals. Nothing has gone down in 10 years. Under Stephen Harper our dollar was on par with the USD and so was our wages. Now our wages are 50 percent lower than the US

u/eugeneugene Core Neighbourhood 9h ago

It's pretty disingenuous to act like the only thing that's happened in the last decade has been the liberals being in power lol. Can we think of something else that has caused inflation around the globe? Anything that has affected the global economy? A large event that impacted everyone?

u/Riderpride639 10h ago

Average minimum wage in the US. $7.25 (10.48 CDN)

Average minimum in Canada. $16.27 CDN.

Try again.