Budget my first amazon paycheck with me

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The creator breaks down how she budgets her first paycheck from Amazon across different financial categories like investments, bills, and savings. She explains her percentage-based allocation strategy and mentions the specific financial platforms she uses for each.

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1Introduction to the paycheck budget
2Displaying the gross vs net pay
3Explaining the four budget categories
4Detailing the percentage allocation
5Listing the specific brokerage accounts used
6Closing with an offer for more financial content

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Budget my first amazon paycheck with me Jul 11, 2025 Expenses/Bills Investments HYSA (High Yield Savings) Essentials 65% - Etfs/Stocks (Investments) = $646.39 15% - Expenses/Bills = $149.16 20% HYSA =$198.89 sorry about the noise i was hot ash in this car

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Budget my first amazon paycheck with me. As you can see, this is a very depressing sight. My gross pay was $1,276.02 and I got paid $994. They took over $200, $281 to be exact. I have three different budgets for all of my jobs just because I need to make sure that I'm allocating the right amount of money for each column of my budget, which is expenses/bills, investments, HYSA (High Yield Savings), and essentials. So for this specific budget, I'm doing 65% towards ETFs and stocks just because my other budgets do cover my expenses pretty well and I'm kind of a little bit over budget for my bills just in case anything pops up. For my bills, I'm putting away 15% and then the last 20% going towards my high yield savings account, which I have a high yield savings account with American Express. With that 65% going towards investments to just stocks and ETFs, I have a SoFi brokerage, a Vanguard with a taxable brokerage and a Roth IRA, and I also have a Robinhood account that has crypto. So I usually just split that 65 between my ETFs, which is my Vanguard account, and then also my individual stocks, which is on my SoFi account. If you guys want a closer look at these accounts, how much money I have, what I invest in, just let me know and I got y'all.