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I did a test back when I was living in Isaan. Ok, it wasn't a "nice" life and I wasn't able to go out drinking, but managed easily with food and even some beer. Of course Isaan is different to Bangkok but still You lost me at 40k. I was making I left that job for another paying Next year 50k. Just goes up. Left that job because they wouldn't pay me 62k. I really don't see the issues with salary that everyone moans about.
Work hard, kick ass, get paid. This article is several years old and budget suggestions are outdated. Additionally the math does not add up: "Let's call it baht a day for food from Monday to Friday and 1, baht for the weekend. That doesn't sound like an awful lot to me but still amounts to 2,, baht.
Also, eating baht worth of food per day is nigh on impossible. Drink 4 bottles of water and you have 70 baht worth of food to go on. Street food is getting more expensive - 70 baht will not even provide you with two dishes of "jaan diaow" food per day, so you better prepare yourself to let at least two of three meals be rice and boiled eggs.
Ivy League Stud. Greetings Gentlemen, My name is Sebastian. I'm an experienced lover with an affinity for making my companions pleased in. I mostly worked for language schools that paid by the hour and I supplemented it with Your 40K salary will go a lot further if you 'live like a Thai'. is always going to spend a lot more than a male teacher on cosmetics, toiletries, etc" I was paid 50, during my stay in BKK, Samut Prakarn to be precise.
That is baht for 24 work days. VISA run costs is not counted here. That is baht per month. While prices have increased in Bangkok, the teachers salaries have more or less stood still and a typical teachers salary on ajarn is around K per month. That would basically amount to "existence" in my book. I earn If I did not have an extra income from letting out a house in my home country, I would not be happy here.. I think the phrase "Living like a Thai" is a bit deceptive, no Farang will ever live like a Thai, you will be overcharged as much as possible for just about everything, even if you can speak fluent Thai, you walk outside you will be treated like a tourist, that is why Farang are paid 3 times as much, Teachers salaries just about world over are pretty poor, but no matter what job you do, no matter where you work, if you are not careful about your spending and lifestyle no amount will ever be enough.
BTW, another poster mentioned that with a family and kids, 60k baht would be minimum. If you want your kids to grow up poor, then go for it, but k is bare minimum for me to raise a family here.
If I couldn't make over k here and was married and expecting, I'd take my family back to my home country. I have never met a single teacher in my life who makes only 30k. This thing about teachers making 30k must be limited to places like Nakhon Si Thammarat or Krabi. A year into my stay in BKK, I eventually moved on to teach at a language school where I also did editing work, and built a website for the school. I made 25k a few months in the summer, but many months I made k.
My best month was 69k. Add a kid into the mix, and I'd probably like to make k minimum. Hi am going to get 50k Bath per month salary in accounts profession, is it sufficient to live in Bangkok with my family i. Why come all the way around the world to "live like a Thai? I wouldn't move from NYC to Alabama, take a massive pay cut but be able to get a big house and a nice car even making a lot less, and then complain I couldn't eat at Nobu once a week. And if you take a 30k job and it's not working for you, guess what: you can get side jobs! Tutor on weekends, teach online to Chinese students in your spare time, get a corporate gig on weeknights.
I've done all 3 and more until I got a girlfriend and almost doubled my salary, it's not that hard. I mean honestly I really feel this sense of entitlement from farang here is absurd.
Also pen and paper. So we've fed ourselves for the month, we've put a roof over our heads. Another option is to get home country teacher certification, and try to work one's way into an international school, while will pay in the range of K a month. Fish high in omegas include salmon, mackerel, cod and tuna. European countries excel in services, technology, production of various specialized goods, and these things are here to stay.
Not many changes just in a more central new condo, driving a new Benz ; and more expensive food. The big difference is the ability to save money every month to actually being able to build a normal life. But if you want to build a regular life in Thailand house, car, holidays abroad, save money that wont do it. I was making 60, B a month, which was ok salary but I had to live with my 2 siblings in a medium size apartment. I would say the quality of life is much better here in the US. The weather is nicer and there's a lot less pollution. I can't imagine anyone moving to Thailand for 30, baht a month salary.
It always cracks me up just how heated these debates get on what a person can or cannot live on in Bangkok or Thailand in general. For example I constantly get in heated arguments with my sister over her insistence that it is not even in the realm of possibility that she could ever afford to move back here to California - where she was born and raised by the way. This despite the fact that millions of people manage to live here just fine while making even less money than she does.
After all, there are currently millions of people doing just that. For a foreigner living in Bangkok however I think the real question is; is 30k enough to live in the manner to which you have become accustomed back in your own country? Living the same as you do back home of course means that you live in an apartment or house that is just as nice and just as large as what you had back home and in as nice an area. It also means having your own car, or at least a motorcycle, and being able to pursue all the same hobbies and other interests that you enjoyed back home.
For me personally this would mean making an absolute bare minimum of about 60, baht a month, which is about what you would earn per month working a hour a week minimum wage job here in California. And of course, since I have spent pretty much my entire adult life living on the coast, this means I would need to live on the coast in Thailand as well and unfortunately properties in coastal areas in Thailand are extremely overpriced relative to the Thai economy.
When my girlfriend and I were living in Phuket we actually got by fine on 60k a month but we were also not able to put anything aside for emergencies.
And we certainly did not have enough money to travel around Asia much or to buy any luxury items. The bottom line is, if I were forced to move to Bangkok with only 30k a month to live on I could definitely make it work. You will be broke. You won't have money if anything goes wrong. Laptop brakes? Need a new phone? Bike broke? Oh well, your problem. You won't be able to travel or take a girl out either.
It's not anymore. Visa costs, work permit, living somewhere that is just OK. I'm bored too with this notion of living like a Thai or "I make 3x what a Thai makes. I should make more than the guy who cuts fruit on the street. But you really think all Thais are poor? My Thai friends do quite well. The bottom line is this Did it for years, even managed to play golf a good bit.
I've best heard it said, the only thing you'll find here is odd-balls, losers and misfits. Stay home, find a career, retire, vacation here Just one look around Thailand and the millions of new cars on the roads and new houses being built and bought and it's clear that most farangs are nowhere near up to average Thai standards. If teachers were really living like skilled Thai workers they'd be out of stuff to whine about!
Being Thai who was raised in the UK and gone thorough the education system in England, completed University at Kingston London, was working for British Airways for 5 years as an aircraft engineer but decided to return home and now working as an licences aircraft engineer for Thai Airways.
I am currently on 95k baht a month which is plenty considering the cost of living is slightly lower here in Thailand. The phase "Living like A Thai" really makes me laugh most westerners or so called expats think Thai people in general are on considerably low wages who have just enough to survive on LOL laugh out loud you be surprised. I am Thai office lady. My salary is 37K I prefer to cook for myself than eating those street food and sometimes eating out at nice restaurant. Rental cost is around including electricity.
Free beverage Hot coffee,Ice coffee, Tea,Milk, etc. I am lucky that my work place is near my apartment. It is too near to take train I don't party much tho but I travel out side bkk sometimes or effort to travel aboard in Asia once a year or two years. I can send my money back to my parents 5K every month and save 8, for myself. It is not a luxury living but we me can live with this salary. I am Thai. I have 2 kids. I work for the current company for 3 year. My salary start from 16K but now I make 24K with healhcare benefit and 2 months bonus. I also get child support 17K a year per child.
My husband gives me 30K a month for pay bills and all expenses. I has just got new townhouse, so I have to pay for house 11K.
I have a car but paid off. I pay for gass K a month.