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28-04-2014 10:50 AM
aspenx
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Hi, How good is $6000 salary to stay in Singapore? Is it good for 2 to live a good life or is it tough to manage?

thanks
Good luck.
23-04-2014 10:22 PM
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i survive on $438 per month.
but cookhouse food and a bed are provided for.
23-04-2014 08:37 PM
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Folks are hardly suviving on $8k a month.
i survive on $438 per month.
23-04-2014 07:40 PM
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Hi, How good is $6000 salary to stay in Singapore? Is it good for 2 to live a good life or is it tough to manage?

thanks

Folks are hardly suviving on $8k a month.
20-04-2014 02:22 PM
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Food wise on average be prepared to pay $ 3.50 per meal (2 veggies , 1 meat item at a hawker stall). .
Not many can eat at a hawker stall. Most have to eat at food courts where a simple meal cost $5 to $6 excluding drink. A drink cost $1.50 to $2+

We need 3 meals a day and multiply by 2 for 2 person. Multiply that with 30 for a month. That is quite a lot. Moreover, this is based on eating at foodcourt.

In Singapore, eating is a favourite pastime and social activity. Most weekends, we see long queues outside restaurants. Eating at restaurants cost many times more than eating at foodcourts and it's really not a luxury.
20-04-2014 02:07 PM
Unregistered S$6,000 a month pay means S$5,000 take home after deducting CPF contribution. You will not be poor with this monthly take home pay for 2 person but you will not have much left for savings.

Basic Expenses incl:
1. Housing rent/Utilities
2. Food/Entertainment
3. Public Transport or Car/Maintenance/Road Tax/Insurance
4. Insurance
5. Medical/Dental
6. Clothes/Shoes/other grooming expenses eg. hair treatments/facial/hair styling
7. Tax
8. Household items

Most Singaporeans with household income of five figure sum are not living the luxurious life. People living a luxurious life are able to do so from investment income/inheritance/accumulated wealth.
16-04-2014 02:48 PM
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I seriously can't find a condo in that price. Impossible to get it on this rate. Checked many websites.

how much one needs minimum to have a luxurious life in singapore?
luxurious? do you mean Paris Hilton luxurious or a just comfortable lifestyle?

you can rent a small studio condo in the outskirts - I see about 2000 listings for condo rental below $1500. you need to spend another $1500 on your daily needs and entertainment, which leaves you to save the remaining 50%.

this will be my idea of a comfortable lifestyle.
16-04-2014 08:47 AM
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My advise to u is get ur spouse employed here as well (it's not easy now).
thank goodness.
16-04-2014 12:41 AM
rampa001
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Originally Posted by naushadnasir View Post
Hi, How good is $6000 salary to stay in Singapore? Is it good for 2 to live a good life or is it tough to manage?

thanks
If by $6000 u mean ur combined family income ?? If it's yes then i would say it would be enough to survive out here. u won't be saving a lot. When u are couple u would need at least a master bedroom for living in my opinion and a cheap (lower end HDB) one would cost u around $800 per month. Food wise on average be prepared to pay $ 3.50 per meal (2 veggies , 1 meat item at a hawker stall). If u plan on getting a car, an average Japanese car would cost around $1200 - $2000 to maintain per month. These are the survival mode figures. Since u said good life , it's a bit too broad to comment. In any case 6K might seem quite a bit when u first get here ,trust me it's really not. specially when u evolve into the way of living here. My advise to u is get ur spouse employed here as well (it's not easy now).
15-04-2014 09:32 PM
Unregistered it really just depends on your definition of "good life". you will have to define it clearly here, if not the opinions given will be very subjective.
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