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.
Engagement ring rules salary.
Rules and calculations based on your salary.
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Below a list of engagement ring rules to break courtesy of one of the industry s experts.
An engagement ring should cost the buyer two months salary.
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.
This rule stipulates that if a man makes 80 000 a year he should spend 20 000 on an engagement ring.
1 the three months gross salary rule.
While the old adage that you should spend 2 3 months salary was.
What kind of nut came up with that idea.
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If the average us salary is just over 3 000 1 700 a month or around 37 000 22 000 a year then us proposers are spending just over a month s salary on their engagement rings.
However engagement rings aren t just about the stones.
Fairina cheng is a sydney based jeweller who specialises in unconventional engagement rings her take on the whole 3 month salary thing.
If you make 60 000 per year spend 10 000 on the engagement ring.
Moissanite interestingly enough has nearly doubled in popularity among precious gemstones since 2017.
For some these numbers might happen to follow the rule but for others it makes little financial sense.
If you make 30 000 per year spend 5 000.
If for example you are making 60 000 per year you should spend 10 000 on the engagement ring.
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You should spend 2 months salary on an engagement ring.
But your personal budget should depend on your current financial situation.
In line with previous years data 50 percent of all rings were round cut while one fourth featured a halo.
In total about 50 percent of engagement rings are between one and two carats.
See below on how we debunk this theory.
According to the knot 2016 real weddings study the national average cost of an engagement ring is 6 163.
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