Word to the young, echoing what was said in this thread already:
Coming out of college, you're used to living on Ramen noodles and mustard sammiches. Once you get a job, keep those sparse living habits as best you can. No, I'm not saying to kill yourself for a paycheck and not enjoy it, but recognize your income is going way up and your lifestyle doesn't HAVE to. One of the smartest things I did was, coming out of college, living single, and working a salary position was to not increase my spending to match my income. I kept the college room-mate (best friend, luckily) for a few years after graduating, and kept the same car until I killed it. But most importantly, I maxed out contributions to 401k = got every cent of matching donations from the employer, build a great base to grow with compound interest, and never missed the money because I was already used to living without it. If I had known about Roth's then, I'd have maxed that too, but I didn't know. Bottom line, your income is going up, and you will never miss the money being thrown into saving for your future. You'll find a way to live within what's left of the paycheck, and still be happy.
Since getting married and having kids my 401k contributions have NEVER dropped below getting full company match, ever. I may only do 1-2% above the company match, but never, ever, leave their money in their pockets when YOU can have it in your retirement fund.
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Second biggest point I'd make is a slight deviation from the thread title of 'savings' but makes the biggest impact, IMO. Don't go into (credit card) debt. It's easy to tell yourself you have a nice paycheck coming in, you can afford to charge something and pay it off in the next month or two. But creating the mindset for yourself that 'you will pay it off soon' can be quicksand you feel like you'll never escape from. If you want something, SAVE up and pay for it as opposed to charging it. Anything you carry over on a charge is costing you their interest rate = money you are paying to others simply for the convenience of having something NOW as opposed to in a few weeks, you know, when you could pay for it in full.
Don't say "for today we have to have debt to have a good credit rating yada yada". Buying a new car (2-5y loan) or a home (15-30y loan) WILL be a longer term debt that WILL establish your credit rating just fine. You DO.NOT.NEED credit card debt at all. Yes, there are the common excuses of being able to pay on credit when travelling and such. But, today, debit cards or whatever your bank issues will work just fine AND work within your current funds. If, for some reason you do charge something, make sure to pay it off immediately. As I said, any charges carried over a billing period cost you interest = money out of your pocket for being impatient. Don't do it, as it is way too easy to let it build up and feel insurmountable.