Disposable Income

[Charma]

I came across an article in People management magazine and was surprised to read that a recent study placed Thailand 8th in the world in respect of manager's disposable incomes. The study takes into account tax and cost of living and concludes that the west is facing unprecendented competition for managerial talent. Top of the tree is Saudi Arabia, with Singapore ranked behind Thailand at 9th. The US are down in 24th, Australia in 26th and the UK all the way down at 40th!

The full list is reproduced below, with figures in US dollars. I found reference to the original stuudy here:

http://www.consultant-news.com/article_dis...adp&id=3877

1 Saudi Arabia 229,325

2 UAE 223,939

3 Hong Kong 203,947

4 Russia 157,348

5 Turkey 154,762

6 Mexico 152,283

7 Ukraine 149,118

8 Thailand 147,547

9 Singapore 142,655

10 Argentina 138,188

11 Poland 128,537

12 Spain 128,197

13 Switzerland 127,732

14 China 126,281

15 Greece 126,102

16 Malaysia 126,026

17 Brazil 123,766

18 Lithuania 122,941

19 Germany 122,427

20 Ireland 117,010

21 Portugal 116,678

22 Romania 115,280

23 Austria 112,906

24 United States 104,905

25 Netherlands 103,823

26 Australia 103,578

27 Japan 102,604

28 Italy 101,487

29 South Africa 100,257

30 New Zealand 100,136

31 France 98,117

32 South Korea 97,867

33 Latvia 97,409

34 Czech Republic 97,352

35 Egypt 97,001

36 India 92,750

37 Hungary 91,358

38 Belgium 89,632

39 Slovakia 86,632

40 United Kingdom 86,367

41 Denmark 82,697

42 Canada 81,613

43 Estonia 80,908

44 Norway 77,202

45 Sweden 75,581

46 Finland 74,038

47 Indonesia 71,839

[highdiver]

good post

I knew that thailand is good to mangers but did not relise they were so high.

[bangkoksingapore]

what is a manager?

[Charma]

what is a manager?

I think the study used data relating to managers at head of function/department level.

[CWMcMurray]

I don't know for sure but I can tell you, anecdotally at least, that the term is used much more loosely in the US. Here in Thailand I think you need to be higher up before you are considered a manager in general, but as far as the definition for this study - who knows...

And I believe that is exactly your point

[Solosiam]

Is it PPP though?