If for example you are making 60 000 per year you should spend 10 000 on the engagement ring.
Engagement ring rule salary.
You should spend at least 2 months salary on the engagement ring.
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1 the three months gross salary rule.
The one two three month s salary rule.
This rule stipulates that if a man makes 80 000 a year he should spend 20 000 on an engagement ring.
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There s really no rhyme or reason why a man should spend 3 months of his gross salary on an engagement ring let alone 2.
According to the knot 2016 real weddings study the national average cost of an engagement ring is 6 163.
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Rule 1 three month s salary this rule was originally tried in japan became a huge hit and has somehow worked its way into being rumoured as the norm to spend on an engagement ring.
The average london salary in 2019 is about 36 000 year which is about 3000 before tax 9000 on an engagement ring.
You should spend 2 months salary on an engagement ring.
If you want a rule spend about one month of salary and you will find yourself within range of the median.
If you make 60 000 per year spend 10 000 on the engagement ring.
If you make 30 000 per year spend 5 000.
But does that make sense.
But your personal budget should depend on your current financial situation.
Spending two months salary on an engagement ring is frequently repeated as an unwritten rule of buying one but have you ever wondered where that old adage originated.
The knot s 2017 real weddings study of 13000 couples surveyed online found the average engagement ring cost 5 764.
Let s say you make a gross salary of 100 000 per year following the rule you d be expected to spend up to 25 000 on a ring.
What kind of nut came up with that idea.
For some these numbers might happen to follow the rule but for others it makes little financial sense.