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# Emergency Fund for Rs 40,000 Expenses, Stable Salaried, 1 Dependent

> See the recommended emergency fund target for a stable-salaried employee with Rs 40,000 in monthly essential expenses and 1 dependent.

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## Scenario inputs

```json
{
  "inputs": {
    "monthlyExpenses": 40000,
    "employmentType": "salaried-stable",
    "dependents": 1,
    "hasHealthInsurance": true
  }
}
```

## How this is calculated

Estimates the emergency fund corpus a household should target, based on essential expenses, employment stability, dependents, and health insurance, plus how many months it will take to reach it.

**Formula:** `target = (expenses x monthsMultiplier) + (dependents > 1 ? base x 0.10 x (dependents - 1) : 0) + (insured ? 0 : 100000)`

**Variables:**

- `monthsMultiplier`: 4 (salaried-stable), 6 (salaried-variable), 8 (freelancer), 10 (business owner)
- `base`: expenses x monthsMultiplier
- `dependents`: Number of dependents (surcharge applies only beyond the first)
- `insured`: Whether the household has health insurance

Reference: Months-of-expenses rule of thumb consistent with ET Money and Groww emergency-fund guides; adjustments are an original heuristic, see packages/calculator-core/src/emergency-fund.ts.

## Assumptions

- The months-multiplier is a widely cited rule of thumb (3-6 months salaried, 6-12 months variable/self-employed income); the exact point-values and the dependent/medical adjustments are this calculator's own heuristic, not a single published calculator's output.
- The EMI danger flag approximates income as expenses + EMI (no income field is collected), so it is a deliberately conservative, early warning rather than an exact 40%-of-income test.
- The medical buffer for an uninsured household (Rs 1,00,000) is a representative point estimate within the commonly cited Rs 50,000-1,50,000 range.

## Frequently asked questions

### Why only 4 months for a stable salaried job?

A stable, established employer carries lower income-loss risk than variable or self-employed income, so a smaller multiplier is typically enough as a starting point.