Sergio recently graduated with a degree in financial counseling and planning and now works for a local
Question:
Sergio recently graduated with a degree in financial counseling and planning and now works for a local non-profit agency as a family financial counselor earning $45,600 per year with about $35,300 in take-home pay. He rents an apartment for $614 per month. While in school, he accumulated about $26,946 in student loan debt on which he pays $228 per month. During his last semester in school, he had an internship in a 12-county region for extension and outreach. He used his credit card for travel expenses and has a current debt on the account of $5,700. He has been making the minimum payment on the account of about $200 a month. Calculate Sergio’s debt-to-income ratio. (5 points) Remember to convert all dollar figures used to annual or monthly.
Debt payments | Gross income |
Debt-to-income ratio |