If you are able to have 6 months saved income, you???re probably in a pretty good financial situation already, and if you did lose your job, there???s a good chance that your spouse (if you have one) has an equally good paying job, or you have stocks and bonds, or other financial resources that most of us, living paycheck to paycheck, don???t have. wackydan says: February 28, 2012 at 12:27 pm Real