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How much income do you need to pay for your lifestyle?
Below is a chart that is set up to list out common expenses for a family with calculations at the bottom indicating how much income is needed to achieve this lifestyle.  You can change the individual line items to more closely match your situation, the totals and income will be affected by changes you make.  You can also download the excel version by following the link at the bottom. 
monthly yearly
financing Purchase price in thousands 450
downpayment % 20%
downpayment amount 90
mortgage amount 360
30 year mortgage rate 6.00%
mortgage factor per $1,000 5.996
mortgage payment per month 2158.56 $25,903
yearly monthly
taxes assessed value 300
tax rate 12
town taxes per year 3600 $3,600
taxes/12= monthly taxes $300.00
bills homeowner's insurance 500 $41.67
water 200 $16.67
heat $100.00
electric $100.00
maintenance $100.00
dump sticker 80 $3.17
beach sticker 80 $3.17
house based bills subtotal $364.67 $4,376
living bills telephone $60.00
cable $20.00
internet $0.00
food $500.00
cell phone $0.00
Living bills subtotal $580.00 $6,960
car 1 payment $0.00
insurance $50.00
gas $100.00
maintenance $100.00
$250.00 $3,000
car 2 payment $0.00
insurance $50.00
gas $100.00
maintenance $100.00
car 2 total $250.00 $3,000
Monthly Yearly
Expenses total $5,348 $64,175
Income tax- federal 28%
income tax - state 6%
retirement 10%
payroll taxes 8%
taxes total 52%
Pretax Income required to live this lifestyle $10,284 $123,413
The cells below are set up to calculate gross income from tax percent and net income
proportions monthly proportions yearly
gross/net % gross/net %
$10,284 100 $123,413 100
$5,348 52 $64,175 52
how the proportions are calculated
a b
c d
b x c / d = a  
Data from an end of year 2002 paystub
earning 95590
401k 11000
fed tax 20906
medicare 1386
soc sec 5263
state tax 4387
Download Follow this link to get the spreadsheet in Excel format