<p>I would think a good starting place would be $400/month, if they can afford it. If it would be a burden, start with a lower number. You can always adjust if the amount is too high or too low.</p>
<p>I live in Illinois, which has one of the highest minimum wages in the country, at $8.25. At 20 hours a week, that would come out to $660 before taxes. Take taxes out, and you’re down to around $500. Not quite $800 a month. Washington has a minimum wage of $9.19, which would equal around $735 at 20 hours a week, before taxes…but again, take those taxes out and you’re $550’ish. </p>
<p>In either case, even if you were working a job and making that much per month…wouldn’t it be a good idea to save some of it? If you’re spending that much per month, I’m going to hazard a guess that you could make a few spending cuts. That’s $25-30 a DAY that you’d be spending.</p>
<p>I’d say $300-400 is reasonable. There are a lot of variables at play obviously, but a budget needs to be worked out. College is a great time to start learning how to budget your money. I wish I had parents that could afford to give me an allowance. I have to make my own way though. I’m getting through college with financial aid and work study, with some student loans in the near future. I still manage to do just about everything that I want to do, and barely spend any money on it. I don’t eat too many steaks though.</p>
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<p>I’ve never heard of a college student holding a $10/hr job on a college campus unless it was a specialized position.
The typical position like a office or research assistant will pay minimum wage…it varies but lets just go with the $8/hr figure. That’s $640 per month before taxes.</p>
<p>I think you should tell your parents that $300-400 per month should be more than fine. If you have a meal plan and live in the dorm, you will find it kind of difficult to even spend that unless you blow it all on alcohol every weekend.</p>
<p>$100/ month here.</p>
<p>What’s an allowance? My mom would barely be able to afford $50 a month to give me, let alone a couple hundred… holy crap.</p>
<p>Man, I remember when I got my work study job on campus doing skilled research for a professor (aka not cleaning test tubes). I was making a whole $6 an hour. My brother was making more than that down the street at Blockbuster, lol.</p>
<p>My entire income is from doing work study in my schools tutoring center, mainly tutoring math, and english. And also doing math tutoring on the side. I couldn’t even imagine having an allowance.</p>
<p>ADULTS shouldn’t get an allowance.</p>