![]() ![]() Not much difference from your home country. For the money you are getting paid, highly likely you'll have much time to enjoy these so often anyway. For the most part, what an average person here would count as entertainment is free - parks, art galleries etc. you don't have to go to USS every other month. SIMPLE? Singapore is a very small country so entertainment is limited to your theme parks, bars, pubs etc, limit them and you won't spend so much. Buy less junk when shopping for groceries > eat less junk > fall sick less > less hefty medical bills. Forget about a car, this will kill you first. I'd say forget about living in the city, stay further out and take a train. No money for school tuition? Consider home tuition or tutor your kids yourself before sending them to schools. But companies here are willing to shell out huge money for expats. As many have pointed out, Singapore is indeed one of the most expensive countries to live in. If you want to have savings, whether you are getting a 7k or a 15k, be realistic about "eating out". If you spend like a king, of course no amount of money is going to be good enough for you. you have made it all the way here to get a good-paying job and you need help with this? Use some common sense and the figures given above c'mon. I don't understand why there are so many comments asking if X and Y is a good enough pay. steve in keppel bay in the comments below) Usually singaporeans don't live in town unless they have rich families or they want to emulate the high flyer rich businessman lifestyle (i.e. a 2 bedroom HDB flat that can house a family of 3 in the suburbs (tampines, yishun, jurong, etc) would be about 2-3.5k give or take, the closer you are to town/city center area it would be around 4-5k.Ĭondominiums are pricier than HDB flats but have security guards and facilities like swimming pools and slightly more privacy and quietness (but you can run into bad neighbours anywhere). the prices are quite accurate but take note it will keep rising as property prices are skyrocketing in the past few years. companies should cover healthcare insurance. If you are bringing school-going kids, private schools for foreigners are expensive (2-3k monthly per kid). not much of a rental culture in singapore.Ī single expat will be able to live comfortably on 5-6k/month if they don't splurge on restaurants daily and take public transport (it takes max 1.5 hours to travel the country from one end to the other on our trains). The average non-white collar singaporean earns about 2-3k salaries and are able to survive as they don't rent and live with family who own a house. The median monthly gross income in sg is 4.5k including compulsory govt CPF (equivalent of 401k) deductions of 20%.
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