Baron Samedi Posted October 31, 2022 Author Share Posted October 31, 2022 Interesting article published a few days ago on this very topic by The Nation Thailand. To sum up: - Average wage in urban areas : 12018 THB - Average wage in rural areas : 8130 THB - 4.4 million Thais live on less than 2762 THB (6.3% of the population) Source : The Nation Thailand https://www.nationthailand.com/thailand/40021531 @metisdead Is it ok like this ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nigelforbes Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 34 minutes ago, Baron Samedi said: Interesting article published a few days ago on this very topic by The Nation Thailand. To sum up: - Average wage in urban areas : 12018 THB - Average wage in rural areas : 8130 THB - 4.4 million Thais live on less than 2762 THB (6.3% of the population) Source : The Nation Thailand https://www.nationthailand.com/thailand/40021531 @metisdead Is it ok like this ? "Urban residents, meanwhile, earned an average of 12,018 baht per month in 2021" Given the huge disparity in earnings between Bangkok and say Chiang Mai, both urban areas, I fail to understand how a national urban average is meaningful or useful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparktrader Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 2 hours ago, Baron Samedi said: Interesting article published a few days ago on this very topic by The Nation Thailand. To sum up: - Average wage in urban areas : 12018 THB - Average wage in rural areas : 8130 THB - 4.4 million Thais live on less than 2762 THB (6.3% of the population) Source : The Nation Thailand https://www.nationthailand.com/thailand/40021531 @metisdead Is it ok like this ? 2762 bht. How they do it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baron Samedi Posted October 31, 2022 Author Share Posted October 31, 2022 25 minutes ago, Sparktrader said: 2762 bht. How they do it? I don't know, man. That's the equivalent of 75 euros/dollars. It must be an extremely harsh way of life... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
In the jungle Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 33 minutes ago, Baron Samedi said: I don't know, man. That's the equivalent of 75 euros/dollars. It must be an extremely harsh way of life... Family support. And if they don't have that...... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandboxer Posted November 3, 2022 Share Posted November 3, 2022 (edited) My girlfriend, 28/Bachelor degree in accounting, works as a logistics department assistant manager/supervisor with 15 employees under her at a fairly large and well known coconut product export company located just outside of BKK. Shm makes 18,000-20,000ish/month depending on overtime and a few other extras. Her only real expense besides food is her (clean, basic) room for 3,000/month near the office. She never asks for money and is quite a proud person, but I wan to supplement her income a bit more so that her small investment portfolio (not a dummy, very frugal and is learning about basic investment strategies/vehicles) can be increased. How much do you folks think is "reasonable" ......I do really like her (I live in BKK and we see each other on most weekends, for about the last year and a half) and think there may be a possibility of marriage at some point, but that is not a primary concern. I just want to be help a good person improve her "wealth accumulation" a little as I am fortunate enough to do so. 1) 5k 2) 10k 3) 15k 4) more 5) match whatever her monthly salary is 6) zero, don't ruin a good thing Edited November 3, 2022 by Sandboxer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnybangkok Posted November 3, 2022 Share Posted November 3, 2022 4 hours ago, Sandboxer said: My girlfriend, 28/Bachelor degree in accounting, works as a logistics department assistant manager/supervisor with 15 employees under her at a fairly large and well known coconut product export company located just outside of BKK. Shm makes 18,000-20,000ish/month depending on overtime and a few other extras. Her only real expense besides food is her (clean, basic) room for 3,000/month near the office. She never asks for money and is quite a proud person, but I wan to supplement her income a bit more so that her small investment portfolio (not a dummy, very frugal and is learning about basic investment strategies/vehicles) can be increased. How much do you folks think is "reasonable" ......I do really like her (I live in BKK and we see each other on most weekends, for about the last year and a half) and think there may be a possibility of marriage at some point, but that is not a primary concern. I just want to be help a good person improve her "wealth accumulation" a little as I am fortunate enough to do so. 1) 5k 2) 10k 3) 15k 4) more 5) match whatever her monthly salary is 6) zero, don't ruin a good thing Just get her a new job. That’s a VERY low salary for the job role and responsibilities you are talking about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralf001 Posted November 3, 2022 Share Posted November 3, 2022 4 hours ago, Sandboxer said: My girlfriend, 28/Bachelor degree in accounting, works as a logistics department assistant manager/supervisor with 15 employees under her at a fairly large and well known coconut product export company located just outside of BKK. Shm makes 18,000-20,000ish/month depending on overtime and a few other extras. Her only real expense besides food is her (clean, basic) room for 3,000/month near the office. She never asks for money and is quite a proud person, but I wan to supplement her income a bit more so that her small investment portfolio (not a dummy, very frugal and is learning about basic investment strategies/vehicles) can be increased. How much do you folks think is "reasonable" ......I do really like her (I live in BKK and we see each other on most weekends, for about the last year and a half) and think there may be a possibility of marriage at some point, but that is not a primary concern. I just want to be help a good person improve her "wealth accumulation" a little as I am fortunate enough to do so. 1) 5k 2) 10k 3) 15k 4) more 5) match whatever her monthly salary is 6) zero, don't ruin a good thing Double her salary so she can quit her job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard_smith237 Posted January 25, 2023 Share Posted January 25, 2023 On 10/18/2022 at 9:37 PM, scorecard said: On 10/18/2022 at 8:27 PM, JeffersLos said: Thai spouse and siblings (most are settled in Bangkok) earn between 150,000-350,000THB per month. Their friends from school, university and work would presumably earn around the same, but I (or we) have never asked or really wondered. These numbers are not typical, far from it. Neither are they atypical..... It just depends from which socio-economic demographic the information is sourced... The Op has also asked for Middle and Upper Class... Many of our friends (Wife’s and mine) are earning this sort of money... Lawyers, Doctors, MC’s (high end) etc. The Private business owners are earning ridiculous amounts... Many are earning a lot less and struggling with a crappy 30,000 per month salary. Some are outliving their ‘official’ salary by a factor of 10x.... (paid an official government salary yet driving around in a 4MB Merc !). It seems to irk some people that there are a lot of Thai’s who earn rather a lot of money... seems to dent their superiority complex !!... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritManToo Posted January 25, 2023 Share Posted January 25, 2023 (edited) On 11/3/2022 at 11:01 AM, Sandboxer said: My girlfriend, 28/Bachelor degree in accounting, works as a logistics department assistant manager/supervisor with 15 employees under her at a fairly large and well known coconut product export company located just outside of BKK. Shm makes 18,000-20,000ish/month depending on overtime and a few other extras. Her only real expense besides food is her (clean, basic) room for 3,000/month near the office. My daughter 24/Bachelor in Business Studies and foreign tourism, works as a logistics department assistant. 20kbht/month plus an apartment in Nakon Sawan (she has to pay the utilities). Edited January 25, 2023 by BritManToo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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