The income listed in the table is the minimum. Generally, it will be a range from the minimum to less than the maximum. Taxes are 10% of the income and will be adjusted accordingly.
Income / Expense Table
| Social Status |
Min Income / Month |
Lifestyle / Month |
Upkeep / Month |
Taxes / Month |
Profit / Month |
| Poor |
60 silvers |
30 silvers |
20 silvers |
6 silvers |
4 silvers |
| Modest |
300 silvers |
150 silvers |
100 silvers |
30 silvers |
20 silvers |
| Comfortable |
600 silvers |
300 silvers |
200 silvers |
60 silvers |
40 silvers |
| Wealthy |
1,200 silvers |
600 silvers |
400 silvers |
120 silvers |
80 silvers |
| Aristocratic |
3,000 silvers |
1,500 silvers |
1,000 silvers |
300 silvers |
200 silvers |
Categories
Lifestyle
The cost of maintaining the lifestyle and includes meals, clothes, transportation, and entertainment. For those of higher social status, this will include the cost of throwing lavish parties and other activities in order to maintain their status.
Upkeep
The cost of maintaining equipment, clothes, animals, housing, running any farms or businesses. Where appropriate this includes the cost of hiring labor and consultants.
Taxes
The city and kingdom take about 10% of the income as taxes to pay for the military, city maintenance, and the government. This may not be in the form of coins in some cases, such as a percentage of the crop from farmers.
Profit
Any leftover money or material wealth that can be saved for future expenditures or purchases.
Social Status
Poor
unskilled laborer, costermongers, peddlers, thieves, mercenaries
Modest
soldiers with families, laborers, students, priests, hedge wizards
Comfortable
merchants, skilled tradespeople, military officers
Wealthy
highly successful merchants, a favoured servant of the royalty, or the owner of a few small businesses
Aristocratic
politicians, guild leaders, high priests
