Are Expat salaries likely to rise in Thailand?

[tingtong]

15 hours ago, webfact said:

Average Bangkokians live comfortably with 30,000THB per month,

Highly debatable.

But doubt that is comfortable.

 

As for expats,

A decent 1 br apartment in downtown cost about 15-30k a month alone...

School fees?

Even a bilingual/English program will set one back about 8-10k a month, with international schools the limit the sky.

Add transportation, maybe indulge a bottle acceptable wine...

 

30k, not even for Thais it is comfortable. Get by, ok. If childless and hole up in somewhere very simple.

 

 

[zzaa09]

15 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

Just one of the sentences which disqualifies this writer.

I thought this was supposed to be an expert website for expats in Thailand.

Most have been hoodwinked in regards to this forum and others like it. 

Taking with a grain of salt should come natural for those more astute observers. 

 

Quite obviously, that's not the case.

[Lemsta69]

44 minutes ago, tingtong said:

Highly debatable.

But doubt that is comfortable.

 

As for expats,

A decent 1 br apartment in downtown cost about 15-30k a month alone...

School fees?

Even a bilingual/English program will set one back about 8-10k a month, with international schools the limit the sky.

Add transportation, maybe indulge a bottle acceptable wine...

 

30k, not even for Thais it is comfortable. Get by, ok. If childless and hole up in somewhere very simple.

 

 

30k a week is comfortable for me. I hope to double or triple that when the markets pick up. 

[nglodnig]

10 hours ago, Iron Tongue said:

Count me in on one of those Switzerland jobs that'll pay US$246,971 to teach English to the Swiss!

Me too! When I was unemployed in Switzerland I asked to be retrained as a TEFL but the anal admins here  told me "we are not allowed to change your profession".

 

BUT the salary is more like $60k a year which is just about livable in Switzerland.

[Ralf001]

1 hour ago, tingtong said:

Highly debatable.

But doubt that is comfortable.

 

As for expats,

A decent 1 br apartment in downtown cost about 15-30k a month alone...

School fees?

Even a bilingual/English program will set one back about 8-10k a month, with international schools the limit the sky.

Add transportation, maybe indulge a bottle acceptable wine...

 

30k, not even for Thais it is comfortable. Get by, ok. If childless and hole up in somewhere very simple.

 

 

Seriously a 1 bed apartment and you talk school fee's....

 

Give your head a wobble, not every expat has children and those that do would not be choosing a 1 bed apartment to call home.

Edited May 4, 2022 by Ralf001

[tingtong]

6 minutes ago, Ralf001 said:

Seriously a 1 bed apartment and you talk school fee's....

 

Give your head a wobble, not every expat has children and those that do would not be choosing a 1 bed apartment to call home.

Was some sample price, even with one or another can't fit to 30k and "comfortable" in same sentence...

 

Never said anything about everyone have a child, or need to live in 1 br.

 

( But if you so inclined to get specific, I have a child, live in a 2 br, and definitely cost a lot more than 30k a month to feel comfortable)

 

 

[Dogmatix]

Seems to be an article written just to fill up a space.

[Flink]

3 hours ago, tingtong said:

Highly debatable.

But doubt that is comfortable.

 

As for expats,

A decent 1 br apartment in downtown cost about 15-30k a month alone...

School fees?

Even a bilingual/English program will set one back about 8-10k a month, with international schools the limit the sky.

Add transportation, maybe indulge a bottle acceptable wine...

 

30k, not even for Thais it is comfortable. Get by, ok. If childless and hole up in somewhere very simple.

 

 

And Thais have the added advantage of having easy access to credit. Buying a car, - on credit. Another kid on the way and need a bigger place - rack up more debt. Getting a bank loan because some Grab delivery guy has written of the PCX you scriped and saved for a year to buy so you could get to work is nigh on impossible for a foreigner. So, yes, maybe the average Thai CAN live comfortably on 30k a month, taking into consideration that anything up to 50% of that is going towards paying off debts. For foreigners, without access to credit, it requires a lot of saving and that's not easy on 30k in Bangkok, especially if you're in the upper age limit group (60+) where, even working, you can't get Soc. Sec. so have to pay for health insurance. Mine already takes up 25% of my wage, another 25% on rent, 15% on utilities. That leaves me about 10k for everything else. It's doable, if I don't go out, eat from roadside vendors and don't take holidays. Saving is out of the question though. And then I go to work and see my Thai colleagues who earn the same, or less than I do, driving up in Fortuners, MGs, and posting online pics of their trips to Phuket and Pattaya. 

[futsukayoi]

On 5/4/2022 at 9:15 AM, Freddy42OZ said:

 

Thailand has a salary range for Expats of 24,500 THB (US$734) to 433,000 THB (US$12984) in a month. Its average monthly salary is 96,900 THB (US$2,904). 

96,900 THB is the average for Expats.   Which seems low to me. 

The figures are meaaningless without a lot more claricication of their definitions and methodology.  What is their definition of an expat ?  Am I one now that I have retired and earn no income ?  Here in Koh Samui does it include the horde of digital nomads who are often paid offshore ? What about the others working cash in hand doing yoga, hairdressing, building work, diving  etc many of whom do not declare their income ?  They probably also exclude some nationalities from their definition of Expat but where do they draw the line ? 

 

[scorecard]

On 5/4/2022 at 8:35 AM, RandiRona said:

But he offers 2 for one!

2 what for 1 what?

[RandiRona]

6 hours ago, scorecard said:

2 what for 1 what?

2 articles for the cost of 1.