Many families live on this amount. In fact, this works out to be about $11 per hour for 2 full-time workers or one worker pulling in $22 per hour. Here's the full budget:

Using an exchange rate of 29.5, the net take-home pay would equal NT$85,550.
That's on the high side for buxiban teachers. The real question is: How far can you stretch that NT$85,550 in Taiwan? Can you buy more or less with it compared to the States, if you want the same standard of living?



