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Salary and living expenses

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Lore from Italy - Venezia (Contact Member) -

Dear Luxemburg expats,

I might become one of you one day if I accept the following proposal. They offered me 3000 euro gross per 12 months which would come down to 2500 net per month. Would that be a good starting salary? I'm not very demanding, but I wander how much of it would be taken off by the rent and all the living expenses including food. I've seen the post of one guy who is worried for his 5000 euro!

Couls anyone give me an optimistic summary of what expenses I might be facing monmthly? Something like:

Housing (rent+costs): 700

Food: 300

Phone: 50

I'm expecially interested in the rent of a 30 square meters "cage" ;-)

Thank you all in advance and best of luck!

Lorenzo

Reply #1 Gustavo Campos (88.207.243.65) -

HI, this is Gustavo Campos; just in progress of tranfer from Mexico to Luxembourg.

Reply #2 francesco (193.194.132.44) -

moving to Luxembourg...???

Reply #3 Steven (212.77.205.61) -

My view is that exchange rates give misleading salary comparisons because they do not reflect salary purchasing power differences. Exchange rates are volatile as they are based on short-term factors and are subject to substantial distortions from speculative movements and government interventions. Salary Purchasing Power Parity (SPPP) is the rate of salary purchasing power given the relative cost of the same basket of goods at the exchange rate versus one US Dollar. SPPP conversions allow cross-country comparisons of salary levels free of salary survey market and exchange rate distortions. You can get a more accurate SPPP comparison of your equivalent salary in another country using www.xpatulator.com

Reply #4 charlie (119.30.35.78) - 10/07/09 02:34

hi I am charlie and from Bangladesh, I ud like to know any Indian or bangladeshi student studing there? I am looking for some Bangladeshi student who can help me to be a greater knowladge and part time job over there. And moreover to say what is the way to maintaining there as a student....while there. If any one can plz let me know it.

thanks

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