How much should each of you put toward the household? Enter both incomes, the shared monthly costs and your own committed costs, and compare what four ways of contributing leave each of you.
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Partner A has US$5,500 after their own costs. Partner B has US$3,800 after their own costs.
Each of you puts in the same amount.
Gap in money left: US$1,700
Each of you puts in the same share of your income.
Gap in money left: US$1,100
You choose the split.
Gap in money left: US$1,700
Each of you ends the month with the same amount left, after your own costs.
Gap in money left: US$0
Equal amounts
By income
Custom
Equal money left
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Where the split calculator divides a list of expenses, this one starts from one shared amount and compares what four ways of paying it leave each of you, after each of you has paid your own committed costs.
Equal amounts: each puts in half. By income: each puts in the same share of their own pay. Custom: you set the split. Equal money left: the contributions are set so that you both end the month with the same amount, after your own costs and the shared ones.
Equal money left can't always be had. If one of you has much less after your own costs, evening it out would mean the other paying them, which is a transfer between you rather than a contribution. The calculator then shows the closest: the one with less puts in nothing. If you don't have enough between you for the shared costs, it says so.
Partner A takes home $6,000 and pays $500 of their own costs; Partner B takes home $4,000 and pays $200. The household costs $3,000 a month. Equal amounts leave Partner A $4,000 and Partner B $2,300. By income, both put in 30% of their pay, leaving $3,700 and $2,600. For equal money left, Partner A puts in $2,350 and Partner B $650, and each keeps $3,150.
Equal amounts treat the household as a shared bill. By income treats it as a shared effort. Equal money left treats your income as one pot after your own costs, close to pooling everything. A custom split lets other things count, like unpaid work at home. None is right for every couple; it helps to look at the money left, not only at the contributions.
It depends on what you both think is fair. Common ways are equal amounts, the same share of each income, or contributions that leave you both with the same amount. This calculator shows all four side by side so you can talk about the results rather than the principle.
That after paying your own committed costs and your contributions, you both have the same amount left for the month. It's close to pooling your incomes for everything, while keeping your own accounts.
When one of you has much less left after their own costs than the other, equal money left would need the other to pay them on top of covering the household. The calculator shows the closest it can do without a negative contribution and tells you so.
The split calculator divides a list of shared expenses. This one compares ways to contribute and counts each person's own costs, so you can see what each way leaves both of you.
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