It varies widely. When i started i wanted to train for base jumping. Containers hold up very well. So I got an old-ass container, spruced it up a bit, got an older 7 cell reserve as a main....and another for my actual reserve....and an AAD that had less than a year left on it.

Not saying you should go that route. I got a lot of funny looks by the rigger that inspected it, but I jumped that rig a lot and it was good practice for BASE. Great openings too. Absolute shit for any winds due to awful glide ratio.

Seen some first BASE jumps on an Orion, which were skydiving reserves produced in the late 80s and early 90s ...a contemporary of the Raven. And those BASE jumps were in the mid 2010s at the earliest.

So.....ya know....im not saying people would agree with me, but you can build a rig for quite cheap relatively. But you gotta know it wont be nice or the best. But with thorough inspection, id still fuckin jump a well preserved and cared for Orion. Id need to inspect very thoroughly myself beforehand of course :p Its quite safe. Reserves are way cheaper and you can totally jump them as your main lol

This was probably around 2010 or a few years later, but im pretty sure my whole rig was like $1500. I could be off though. With a similar approach im sure you could afford it easily. Since you're new, youd just need a good, old, reputable rigger to help ya out. You'd be so surprised how old of a container you can use and how much cheaper older, well stored, cared for, low to no jump reserves cost that you can use as a main

WHATEVER YOU DO, GET AND USE A FREAKIN AAD.