Living on under $30K a year in 3 U.S. cities
Make It journeys to Washington, California, and New York to connect with three individuals earning less than $30,000. Chi Baik, 26, lives in Seattle, Washington and earns $27,000 a year as a Ph.D. student. Tiara Simmons, 39, is a lawyer in Long Beach, California and earns roughly $26,000 a year between her job as a law clerk and her social media marketing side hustle. Hector Carvajal, 26, owns Don Carvajal Cafe, a Dominican-inspired company based in the Bronx, New York.
This is an installment of CNBC Make It’s Millennial Money series, which profiles people across the globe and details how they earn, spend and save their money.