According to the knot 2016 real weddings study the national average cost of an engagement ring is 6 163.
Engagement ring rules salary.
Engagement ring budget calculator.
Rules and calculations based on your salary.
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.
This rule stipulates that if a man makes 80 000 a year he should spend 20 000 on an engagement ring.
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.
Moissanite interestingly enough has nearly doubled in popularity among precious gemstones since 2017.
You should spend at least 2 months salary on the engagement ring.
Current engagement ring buying rules.
Below a list of engagement ring rules to break courtesy of one of the industry s experts.
For some these numbers might happen to follow the rule but for others it makes little financial sense.
If for example you are making 60 000 per year you should spend 10 000 on the engagement ring.
What kind of nut came up with that idea.
In total about 50 percent of engagement rings are between one and two carats.
An engagement ring should cost the buyer two months salary.
Our engagement ring buying guide has everything you need to know to pick the perfect engagement ring for your special someone.
You should spend 2 months salary on an engagement ring.
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.
Whether your ring costs 10 or 10 000 what really matters is the story it tells fairina has customers from all over the world who believe an engagement ring is about more than diamond size and dollars.
1 the three months gross salary rule.
In line with previous years data 50 percent of all rings were round cut while one fourth featured a halo.
What guys want to know about engagement rings but are too embarrassed to ask 1.
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.
While the old adage that you should spend 2 3 months salary was.
Keep scrolling for the five rules on how much to spend on an engagement ring and shop some of our favourite pieces too.
See below on how we debunk this theory.