{"id":11725,"date":"2020-06-09T03:49:48","date_gmt":"2020-06-09T03:49:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.austinshortfilm.com\/blog\/living-on-145k-a-year-in-austin-texas-millennial-money\/"},"modified":"2020-06-09T03:49:48","modified_gmt":"2020-06-09T03:49:48","slug":"living-on-145k-a-year-in-austin-texas-millennial-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.austinshortfilm.com\/social\/living-on-145k-a-year-in-austin-texas-millennial-money\/","title":{"rendered":"Living On $145K A Year In Austin, Texas | Millennial Money"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9hvmPJByJy4\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Andrea Contreras, 31, lives in Austin, Texas and earns 5,000 a year as a social media advisor at GoDaddy. Five years ago she had a negative bank balance, but Andrea recently purchased her first home.<\/p>\n<p>This is the latest installment of Millennial Money, which profiles people across the U.S. and details how they earn and spend their money.<\/p>\n<p>Read more about Andrea&#8221;s budget breakdown here: https:\/\/cnb.cx\/2AbTnGF<\/p>\n<p>Looking around her one-bedroom apartment, Andrea Contreras gazes from the guitar collection on the wall to the Gucci-inspired sweatshirt her Yorkie mix, Kuzco, wears. She can\u2019t believe it\u2019s all hers. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cFive years ago, I had nothing,\u201d the 31-year-old remembers. Years of partying in her early 20s landed Contreras in a dark place: She had no money, no support system and no goals for her future. <\/p>\n<p>But today, things look vastly different. Contreras has family and friends to turn to in hard times and a career she enjoys. Plus, her apartment is full of furniture and keepsakes that she bought herself. \u201cIt\u2019s such a blessing to see everything in here, when I had literally nothing,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<p>As a social media advisor at GoDaddy, Contreras sells social media assistance programs to small business clients across the U.S. She earns a base salary of just ,000, but with commissions from her sales, she pulled in around 5,000 before taxes last year. She not only lives well in Austin, Texas, and supports herself financially, but she\u2019s comfortable with the direction her life is going. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf I want to go on vacation, I can take a vacation. If I want to help someone out, I can help someone out,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bb Subscribe to CNBC Make It.: http:\/\/cnb.cx\/2kxl2rf<\/p>\n<p>About CNBC Make It.: CNBC Make It. is a new section of CNBC dedicated to making you smarter about managing your business, career, and money.<\/p>\n<p>Connect with CNBC Make It. Online<br \/>\nGet the latest updates: https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/make-it<br \/>\nFind CNBC Make It. on Facebook: https:\/\/cnb.cx\/LikeCNBCMakeIt<br \/>\nFind CNBC Make It. on Twitter: https:\/\/cnb.cx\/FollowCNBCMakeIt<br \/>\nFind CNBC Make It. on Instagram: https:\/\/bit.ly\/InstagramCNBCMakeIt<\/p>\n<p>#CNBC<br \/>\n#CNBCMakeIt<br \/>\n#MillennialMoney<\/p>\n<p>Living On 5K A Year In Austin, Texas | Millennial Money<\/p>\n<h3>More info on Living On 5K A Year In Austin, Texas | Millennial Money<\/h3>\n<div class=\"ss-local-rss\"><div class=\"rss_header\"><h2><a href=\"https:\/\/cn.bing.com\/news\/search\/?q=Living+On+5K+A+Year+In+Austin%2C+Texas+%7C+Millennial+Money&amp;qft=sortbydate%3D%221%22&amp;format=rss\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"rss_title\">Living On 5K A Year In Austin, Texas | Millennial Money - BingNews<\/a><br \/><span class=\"rss_description\"> Search results<\/span><\/h2><\/div><ul>\n            <li>\t\t\t\t<span class=\"title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&amp;aid=&amp;tid=66484f1196234a90b0735723299a1116&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.msn.com%2Fen-us%2Fmoney%2Fpersonalfinance%2Fhere-s-the-salary-a-single-person-needs-to-live-comfortably-in-texas%2Far-BB1mz8uS&amp;c=16286051669993788646&amp;mkt=en-us\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tHere\u2019s the Salary a Single Person Needs To Live Comfortably in Texas\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Everyone knows that where you live can make a huge difference in what you can afford on your salary. 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