Teaching & living in Phuket on salary of 80,000, is it doable?

[cynnie40]

Hi, I would like to know has anyone any experience of teaching and living in Phuket on a salary of 80,000 baht before tax?

How much tax would be taken every month from 80,000 baht? 

How much would a house and garden that accepts pets be to rent?

Overall, would that pay range cover costs of living comfortably in Phuket? 

Thanks in advance.

[Puchaiyank]

As of Match 2019...does this help?

 

Summary about cost of living in Phuket:

• Four-person family monthly costs: 61,005.26฿ without rent (using our estimator).
• A single person monthly costs: 17,239.14฿ without rent.
• Cost of living rank 260^th out of 448cities in the world.
• Phuket has a cost of living index of 47.29.

[tlandtday]

really no more expensive than pattaya but so many who never visit and read the sex boards seem to think it is prohibitively so lol

[ChasingTheSun]

The further you get from the west coast, the cheaper your rent.

 

You can rent a small basic thai style house in the interior of the island, or nearer the east coast, for 10k/month.

 

A small basic house near to west coast may start at 15k-20k/month.

 

 

[phuketrichard]

you can rent a house anywhere on the island for 10-100,000baht/month

You can live very well on that salary UNLESS u like drinking and not sleeping alone

I live a very good lifestyle in kamala for half that. for 2 of us

[Somtamnication]

Sounds like a job at Headstart. Doable, it is a good salary for the region. The villas (2, 5, California and Chao Fa) all have decent homes. The newer ones are more expensive. At 2, 5 and California, you can get them for about 10k a month. 

 

If your expenses are accommodation and some meals (free lunch), rent a bike, then it is ok.

 

Avoid the schools. They pay less than 50k.

[stevenl]

On 3/16/2019 at 8:54 PM, ChasingTheSun said:

The further you get from the west coast, the cheaper your rent.

 

You can rent a small basic thai style house in the interior of the island, or nearer the east coast, for 10k/month.

 

A small basic house near to west coast may start at 15k-20k/month.

 

 

Where did you find those numbers?

[xylophone]

On 3/17/2019 at 8:38 AM, phuketrichard said:

you can rent a house anywhere on the island for 10-100,000baht/month

You can live very well on that salary UNLESS u like drinking and not sleeping alone

I live a very good lifestyle in kamala for half that. for 2 of us

You could easily live on that salary and less, after tax, and I know a few who do now. 

[phuketrichard]

Dont think headstart pays that much

80,000...$2,500/month

All the international schools give a housing allowance of 10-20,000 baht month as far as i know

[dotpoom]

I could live like 5 Kings on 80,000 Bt. a month.

[TravelerEastWest]

Around 10% for taxes...

 

You can live like a Thai person comfortably - not sure what you call comfortable?

[Antonymous]

On 3/16/2019 at 6:57 PM, Puchaiyank said:

As of Match 2019...does this help?

 

Summary about cost of living in Phuket:

• Four-person family monthly costs: 61,005.26฿ without rent (using our estimator).
• A single person monthly costs: 17,239.14฿ without rent.
• Cost of living rank 260^th out of 448cities in the world.
• Phuket has a cost of living index of 47.29.

This is a useful starting point, but remember to add in costs of expenditures that are not covered by that website. They include:

 

Your health costs

Insurance for your health, accident, property, vehicles

Travel

Pet food and health

Charity/gifts

 

And that list doesn't include the potentially huge increase if you have a dependent GF/partner, or partake in renting them regularly.

 

80K before tax is certainly doable and you can live on it comfortably, but it comes down to your desired lifestyle.

 

 

Edited March 19, 2019 by Antonymous
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[metisdead]

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[smotherb]

2 hours ago, dotpoom said:

I could live like 5 Kings on 80,000 Bt. a month.

Hmm, a king living on B16k/mo. King of what? 

[khunPer]

On 3/16/2019 at 10:00 AM, cynnie40 said:

How much tax would be taken every month from 80,000 baht? 

How much would a house and garden that accepts pets be to rent?

Overall, would that pay range cover costs of living comfortably in Phuket? 

Income tax.
Without taking deductions into consideration 80,000 x 12 = 960,000 baht a year.

150,000 (0 - 150,000) tax = 0% = 0 bath

150,000 (150k - 300k) tax = 5% = 7,500 baht

200,000 (300k - 500k) tax = 10% = 20,000 baht

250,000 (500k - 750k) tax = 15% = 37,500 baht

210,000 (750k - 1 million) tax = 20% = 42,000 baht

Total 107,000 baht, or 11.15% of 960k baht.

Your can read more about Thai income tax and deductions here.

 

Social Security, which is not mandatory for foreigners, but advisable, will be total 1,500 baht a month – normally shared with half paid by employer, and half paid by employee – i.e. 18,000 baht a year, or 9,000 baht if shared, including free access to public (government) hospitals for health care.

 

After tax and fully paid SS you should have at least 838,000 baht left, or almost 70,000 baht a month.

 

Living costs is like a rubber band and depend on your life-style, many Thai can live from a lot less, including both pets and family.

 

A (nice) house can be rented from around 15,000 baht a month and way up, perhaps even less.

You can live well for 500 baht a day in average, or 15,000 baht a month – depending of choice of life-style – but if you smoke and drink, you might need more.

Depending of number of pets, and kind of pets, the daily cost could be anything from 10-20 baht and (way) up; a fat hi-so Thai cat that consume steamed salmon only might cost more (knew a Swedish lady here that had one)...

Transportation, you could long term rent a motorbike for around 2,500 to 3,000 baht a month – or buy one instead – or long term rent a car from 15,000 baht to 25,000 baht a month; or consider using a combination of bus , song thaew, and taxi instead.

Clothes, leisure, relaxation, and any other thinkable extras, could be in the area of 15k baht a month, depending on your pets and other expenses for house, food and transportation; including that you should keep little money in savings, just in case something unforeseen happens.

If you are not using the Social Security option, you should consider a heath insurance instead; count from 20,000 to 30,000 baht and up in annual fee, could be higher depending of age and coverage.

 

I don't live on Phuket, but another island with similar level (or higher) living costs. We can live a family of three, and two-three pets for almost similar level of budget, including school fees; but of course we need to make compromises, like we cannot dine at gourmet restaurants every day...????

[khunPer]

38 minutes ago, smotherb said:

Hmm, a king living on B16k/mo. King of what? 

–Probably...

[dinsdale]

Bt80,000 p/m and you're asking this. Are you pulling the piss or just rubbing in the salt. Do you have a Masters in Education? If you do have a M.Ed then why come here? This country is f#####d to teach in. Way too many hoops to jump through set up by a ministry of education with the collective IQ of a newt. Where's the job. I'll apply.

[exemplary21]

10 minutes ago, dinsdale said:

Bt80,000 p/m and you're asking this. Are you pulling the piss or just rubbing in the salt. Do you have a Masters in Education? If you do have a M.Ed then why come here? This country is f#####d to teach in. Way too many hoops to jump through set up by a ministry of education with the collective IQ of a newt. Where's the job. I'll apply.

 

Perhaps they're looking for someone literate.

[dinsdale]

4 minutes ago, exemplary21 said:

 

Perhaps they're looking for someone literate.

Wow! Good comment. What does it mean? Maybe you could elaborate (that would be the verb not the adjective).????

[Ebumbu]

On 3/16/2019 at 6:54 AM, ChasingTheSun said:

The further you get from the west coast, the cheaper your rent.

 

And the safer you are from a tsunami. Even if it doesn't happen, you don't want to worry about it every time there's a rumble somewhere in the world. I was near the beach and found it stressful. Moved to other side. 

 

 

[smotherb]

15 minutes ago, dinsdale said:

Wow! Good comment. What does it mean? Maybe you could elaborate (that would be the verb not the adjective).????

Not sure what he meant, but I wondered why you would want to apply since you say, "This country is f#####d to teach in. Way too many hoops to jump through set up by a ministry of education with the collective IQ of a newt. "  

[dinsdale]

Just now, smotherb said:

Not sure what he meant, but I wondered why you would want to apply since you say, "This country is f#####d to teach in. Way too many hoops to jump through set up by a ministry of education with the collective IQ of a newt. "  

Did you not see the laughing emoji? 

[smotherb]

7 minutes ago, dinsdale said:

Did you not see the laughing emoji? 

Yes, but it seems you use emojis with many of your posts. I saw a bit of jealousy/envy in your words, but if it were all in jest; fine. 

[quandow]

On 3/16/2019 at 5:04 AM, tlandtday said:

really no more expensive than pattaya but so many who never visit and read the sex boards seem to think it is prohibitively so lol

I'd have to disagree. I stayed in Phuket for a month and found it noticeably more expensive. Can you live there on 80k baht/month? Sure you can if you don't behave like a crazed weasel.