how much would you have to make in taiwan to be comparable to

[akikaki1]

Lets say the standard of living for someone making 80-100g a year in the US. What would your salary be in order to have comparable standard of living?

[jimipresley]

You should make enough to be able to afford a keyboard with a Shift button to capitalize your thread titles, at least.

[tommy525]

or one ith mssing kys?



well i will give it a shot. Making 100k a year in say CAlif, you aint rich thats for sure. I would venture to say someone making 100,000nt a month in Taipei would be at roughly the same .

remember as a single person your 100k soon becomes 65k after uncle sam and state taxes and social security and medicare takes their share. So thats 65,000 x 30 = 1,9 mil ntd / year or bout 162,500 nt /month after tax.

Someone in taiwan making 100,000/month before tax translates to roughly that after tax as he likely is getting one or two months bonus as well. One month is pretty standard.

And taiwan prices for a lot of things are a bit cheaper then CAlif. So I say

100,000ntd/month equates to roughly 100k USD / annual in calif .

[akikaki1]

You should make enough to be able to afford a keyboard with a Shift button to capitalize your thread titles, at least.

Typing on a kindle fire is horrible lol.

Also to Tommy thank you.

[headhonchoII]

That would be more equal to 150-200k NTD per month in Taiwan , again taking into account cheaper living and lower taxes

[akikaki1]

What job must one accquire in order to have this standard of living?

[akikaki1]

That would be more equal to 150-200k NTD per month in Taiwan , again taking into account cheaper living and lower taxes

How can 200kNT a month be the same standard of living for 100k (a year)? that would make like 80k before taxes plus a much lower price of living?, wouldn't 200k a month be even higher standard?

Maybe I'm wrong that's why I wrote this thread lol.

[Omniloquacious]

Someone in taiwan making 100,000/month before tax translates to roughly that after tax as he likely is getting one or two months bonus as well. One month is pretty standard.

For a local, yes. For a foreigner, no.

[Abacus]

Someone in taiwan making 100,000/month before tax translates to roughly that after tax as he likely is getting one or two months bonus as well. One month is pretty standard.

For a local, yes. For a foreigner, no.

If you're talking about the bonus then ok. But I don't Tommy's numbers are that far off although initially I thought they seemed low. I feel wealthy now... the big costs that are lower are housing (esp if you rent) and taxes. The effective tax rate on 100k/mo will be <10%. A lot of stuff is similarly priced if you lead a western lifestyle.

Taiwan's tax rates from an unofficial source (seems close though)

0-500,000 5%
500,001-1,130,000 12%
1,130,001-2,260,000 20%
2,260,001-4,230,000 30%
4,230,001 and over 40%

[tommy525]

That would be more equal to 150-200k NTD per month in Taiwan , again taking into account cheaper living and lower taxes

I agree if you live in bumfuck USA, but not if you live in SAn Francisco bud.

100k aint going too far in San Fran, after taxes.