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Family / Household Budget Scaler
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Executive overview
How does family size change your monthly budget?
OECD household scale on cited city line items. OECD-modified equivalence on catalog midpoints — not survey microdata or visa funds.
Planning only — not legal, tax, or immigration advice. Confirm on official portals.
Scale cited city line items (rent, utilities, groceries, transport, dining) with the OECD-modified equivalence scale.
$4,680/mo
Berlin · 2 adults · 1 child
Your result
Household costs scale ×1.8 vs solo baseline
Line items from cited city catalog (rent1br, utilities, groceries, transport, dining) × OECD scale — not household survey microdata and not visa funds proof.
- Rent (1br catalog)
- $2,160
- solo $1,200/mo
- Utilities
- $234
- solo $130/mo
- Groceries
- $468
- solo $260/mo
- Transport
- $171
- solo $95/mo
OECD Income Distribution Database — equivalence scales · Empirica Regio Rental Market Report 2025 · Methodology
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OECD-modified equivalence on catalog midpoints — not survey microdata or visa funds.
Basis: Cited 2026 catalog · catalog 2026-07-16
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Common questions
- Is Family / Household Budget Scaler legal or immigration advice?
- No. SetTern tools screen cited government and catalog data for planning only. Confirm eligibility, fees, and deadlines on the official portals linked on this page.
- How is household size applied?
- Transparent planning multipliers on the cited city midpoint (shown in the result).
- Is this surveyed family spend data?
- No — it scales catalog midpoints so you can compare hubs for a household of N.