How much money does the average 20 year old have in their bank account?

Canada
April 29, 2011 3:50pm CST
Just a question to see how much money most young adults today have. How much money do they make in todays society and how much do they save?
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6 responses
@ifa225 (14364)
• Indonesia
4 May 11
many are becoming billionaire thanks to internet and being an instant celebrity. we can mention justin biieber or the founder of the facebook. i don't know how much they got from it and how man they save it cause i don't dare to see their accounts in bank
• Canada
6 May 11
So many people become famous from the internet. Especially youtube there's a lot of people I subscribe to on there. any funny videos and youtube actually pays them if enough people watch their videos!
@mrgpk63 (444)
• United States
30 Apr 11
That Depends on What the Person has. If He or She Works or goes to School. How much is Saved Depends on the Person just like What is Spent. Schools are Expensive so Very Little can be Saved for Tuition, Books & Supplies. Maybe a Rich Kid can Save more Money but the Average Student maybe can Save Something.
• Canada
1 May 11
True. If a student worked a part-time job for 6 months that would only pay their tuition for one year! (and that would be cheap for tuition)
@sender621 (14894)
• United States
29 Apr 11
I don't think that the average 20 year olf had learned too much about saving money yet. i think that their bank accounts will still be quite small.
• Canada
1 May 11
You're probably right. They never had to live out on their own yet so they don't know the value of money.
@joystick (1675)
29 Apr 11
To be honest i do not think that there are many people of that age that do tend to really save.I know when i was that age i was out and about spending the money that i had earnt at work, as well as paying all those bills, as i was also running a house, so not that much money left to save anyway.
@sashakiddo (1102)
• United States
29 Apr 11
The ones who will make it on Dr. Phil are using credit cards that their parents will have to pay off. Others have been taught not to spend money, only to save. My friends are much more responsible than I am, so I'm sure they have at least some saved up from their parents allowances. Yes, 20 year olds get allowances some times, especially if they are studying hard at school. Others try to make as much as they can from part time jobs and try to save it up. Others who don't go to school have a lot saved up from work, or they spend it all on clothes and insignificant things. I have some friends at the age of 20 who have already managed to get themselves deep into bad credit because they get as many credit cards as they can just to pay for rent, thinking this makes them independent. But they will get themselves out because they don't have to pay off other things like school loans.
• Canada
1 May 11
Credit cards can be a bad thing.. Especially for young adults. They don't really have experience with them and have to learn from their mistakes!
@misc11 (384)
• United States
29 Apr 11
There are a lot of different factors that go into like where you live, type of job, marital status, economic background etc. I am in the United States, and I would say on average, a 20 year old makes $30,000 a year and has less than $100 dollars in their bank account. I say this because at 20, a lot of people are in college and working part-time jobs, and if not, they have just graduated high school and just started working full-time, so they are making minimum wage. At 20, your car insurance is high and you have not had enough time to save anything so you are basically spending every penny you are making trying to make ends meet.
• Canada
1 May 11
Wow 30 000 is a lot for a part-time job. What is minimum wage there? The managers at my work don't even make that much.