Is a weekly wage of €700 considered a 'resonably well paid job'?

Tar.Aldarion

graduate what?

Hilly Bill

Its only a good wage to those that are on less .

I used to make more teaching English.. Qualifications were white skin and a 4 week course and then a hard 6 days a week work.

SteelyDanJalapeno

Tar.Aldarion wrote: »

graduate what?

Applied Electronics

HDD/SSD Drive Engineer

VEN

Geuze wrote: »

A typical retired teacher gets a pension of 700 gross.


I work with dozens of people on 75k gross with 70 days leave - nice job.

thats f&^$ing gross

VEN

repsol wrote:

Meal out once a week is 80 to 150 plus 50 for a babysitter.

:pac:

Tar.Aldarion

repsol wrote: »

Decent trolley of shopping could be the guts of 200 quid. VHI is 60 per week approx. Meal out once a week is 80 to 150 plus 50 for a babysitter.SKY is 30 a week. Diesel/tolls can be expensive for those commuting long distance especially.Car repayments and mortgage.Some people are paying the equivalent of a mortgage in creche fees(not me thank God).Utility bills.Car and house insurance.Savings into Credit Union.Money for holidays and Xmas.Kids need shoes,clothes etc all the time as they grow.Doctors and prescriptions when required.Dentist visits.Spending money in pocket for general stuff for me and the wife.The occasional takeaway. You obviously don't have kids/wife or own a house.Makes a huge difference:)

Can I see your 150e dinner menu!

http://i.imgur.com/dHJJa.gif

Lux23

I would be very happy with that, I could save €500 a month and still have plenty to spare to play around with.

Where can I get this job?

SV

80 to 150 for a meal out...ah jaysus lads would ye put back the caviar and 16oz Venison steaks.

Tar.Aldarion

Lux23 wrote: »

I would be very happy with that, I could save €500 a month and still have plenty to spare to play around with.

Where can I get this job?

Could save much more than that and be very comfortable if you don't have kids. easily save 300-400 euro a week.

Zascar

Lux23 wrote: »

I would be very happy with that, I could save €500 a month and still have plenty to spare to play around with.

No you wouldn't. You may think you would but most people usually end up living close to their means. Your living standard will increase and you'll still spend most of it by the end of the month...

summerskin

make more than that per week after tax, but with a wife and two kids it's still sometimes a struggle to get to the end of the month after paying all the bills etc.

That said, we have no debts at all, pay a reasonable rent on a 5 bed detached house, have two cars(one 5 years old one ten years old), have at least two overseas holidays a year(which my annual bonus usually covers) and have a 6 figure sum in the bank after selling our last place in the UK, so we're not struggling mightily, however we do need to dip into our savings more often than we'd like.

ShadowHearth

Considering my wages next week going to be 150eu, I would kill for a 700eu after tax wage job.

rick_fantastic

i make quite a bit more that 700 per week after tax... after saving around 1500 a month i still manage to be in my overdraft every month..

no debt or kids but i live quite well

getting married later this year and planning kids so enjoying my quality of life for a few months more before it all goes downhill..

summerskin

rick_fantastic wrote: »

i make quite a bit more that 700 per week after tax... after saving around 1500 a month i still manage to be in my overdraft every month..

no debt or kids but i live quite well

getting married later this year and planning kids so enjoying my quality of life for a few months more before it all goes downhill..

save less, perhaps???

Procasinator

summerskin wrote: »

make more than that per week after tax, but with a wife and two kids it's still sometimes a struggle to get to the end of the month after paying all the bills etc.

That said, we have no debts at all, pay a reasonable rent on a 5 bed detached house, have two cars(one 5 years old one ten years old), have at least two overseas holidays a year(which my annual bonus usually covers) and have a 6 figure sum in the bank after selling our last place in the UK, so we're not struggling mightily, however we do need to dip into our savings more often than we'd like.

If you have liquid assets worth 6 figures, you are not struggling financially at all.

summerskin

Procasinator wrote: »

If you have liquid assets worth 6 figures, you are not struggling financially at all.

No, but if we hadn't sold our old house we would not have the savings, and would then struggle to make it to the end of the month, as we did for the years before we sold up, and as we do now if we don't use some of our savings.

Procasinator

summerskin wrote: »

No, but if we hadn't sold our old house we would not have the savings, and would then struggle to make it to the end of the month, as we did for the years before we sold up, and as we do now if we don't use some of our savings.

Yeah, I get your outgoings costs are larger than your incoming and it's always better to not be this way. But while a lot of people would rely on credit cards, loans and/or cuts in living standard in this situation, you have a decent sum of money to fall back on.

summerskin

Procasinator wrote: »

Yeah, I get your outgoings costs are larger than your incoming and it's always better to not be this way. But while a lot of people would rely on credit cards, loans and/or cuts in living standard in this situation, you have a decent sum of money to fall back on.

for now. of course if we have to keep dipping in to it, our safety net will disappear pretty quickly.

CrackisWhack

I wouldnt get out of bed for €700 a week, AH must be full of paupers;)

awec

Depends where you live too. 700 a week in Dublin is a totally different prospect to 700 a week out in the sticks.

Raekwon

For a young single person with no dependants, €2800 per month is an excellent wage, even if you are living in Dublin.

If you take €1,000 away for renting a decent one bedroom apartment in the city centre, €300 for all utility/phone/internet bills, €300 for food, €100 travel pass/petrol then you're left with around €1,100 to live on or save.

If you also consider that somebody on the minimum wage gets slightly under €1400 per month after tax then it really puts your wage into perspective.

ITS_A_BADGER

awec wrote: »

Depends where you live too. 700 a week in Dublin is a totally different prospect to 700 a week out in the sticks.

surely you could survive on 700 a week in dublin

markesmith

ITS_A_BADGER wrote: »

surely you could survive on 700 a week in dublin

Of course, but you'd obviously save less, or live less like a Lord, than if you were on 700 a week in Connemara

awec

ITS_A_BADGER wrote: »

surely you could survive on 700 a week in dublin

Yes but 700 in the sticks will go a lot further than 700 in Dublin.

ITS_A_BADGER

markesmith wrote: »

Of course, but you'd obviously save less, or live less like a Lord, than if you were on 700 a week in Connemara

Fair enough there is a big difference in rent between the city and countryside but, then how is a 700eur a week job not a well paid job in Dublin, I mean there couldnt be that much of a significant difference in wage because a person might live in the capital compared to elsewhere doing the same job

Sugar Free

Raekwon wrote: »

For a young single person with no dependants, €2800 per month is an excellent wage, even if you are living in Dublin.

If you take €1,000 away for renting a decent one bedroom apartment in the city centre, €300 for all utility/phone/internet bills, €300 for food, €100 travel pass/petrol then you're left with around €1,100 to live on or save.

If you also consider that somebody on the minimum wage gets slightly under €1400 per month after tax then it really puts your wage into perspective.

While I agree with the post in general, 1000E on rent, even for Dublin city centre, is a lot. I don't know anyone who pays that much by themselves for a one bedroom apartment.

Fighting Irish

awec wrote: »

Yes but 700 in the sticks will go a lot further than 700 in Dublin.

Sort of depends really

The only thing more expensive about dublin is rent

bladespin

awec wrote: »

Depends where you live too. 700 a week in Dublin is a totally different prospect to 700 a week out in the sticks.

Makes very little difference, if anything it's more expensive to live outside the city these days.

Raekwon

Sugar Free wrote: »

While I agree with the post in general, 1000E on rent, even for Dublin city centre, is a lot. I don't know anyone who pays that much by themselves for a one bedroom apartment.

I knew this would come up, that's why I put the word 'decent' in italics.

€1,000 is an approximate figure for the average price of a one bedroom apartment in Dublin city centre and if you look at the first page of Daft.ie the price range for a one bedroom apartments range from €795 to €1,400.

Of course the apartment for €795 is absolutely tiny and dated and isn't in a great area, while the apartment for €1,400 is quite spacious and modern and is in a great location.

So a decent apartment in the city centre would be somewhere in between and cost around €1,000 per month on average.

jester77

awec wrote: »

Yes but 700 in the sticks will go a lot further than 700 in Dublin.

Would it though?

In the city you don't need a car, public transport is available, you can walk to shops, bars, restaurant, work, etc. Whereas in the sticks you need a car, which also entails petrol, tax, insurance, repairs, NCT, etc. Whatever you might save in rent you will pay out in transport.

awec

jester77 wrote: »

Would it though?

In the city you don't need a car, public transport is available, you can walk to shops, bars, restaurant, work, etc. Whereas in the sticks you need a car, which also entails petrol, tax, insurance, repairs, NCT, etc. Whatever you might save in rent you will pay out in transport.

Public transport in Dublin is not exactly brilliant. Dublin isn't London, you can't really get away without a car.

martingriff

Tom_Cruise wrote: »

After tax etc?

I am on €404 after tax so ya its great. What is the job

Jack breen

I am on about 80 euro more a week but I work 7 days but for 9 hours a day. I only take a weekend off every 6 or 7 weeks.

Sugar Free

Raekwon wrote: »

I knew this would come up, that's why I put the word 'decent' in italics.

€1,000 is an approximate figure for the average price of a one bedroom apartment in Dublin city centre and if you look at the first page of Daft.ie the price range for a one bedroom apartments range from €795 to €1,400.

Of course the apartment for €795 is absolutely tiny and dated and isn't in a great area, while the apartment for €1,400 is quite spacious and modern and is in a great location.

So a decent apartment in the city centre would be somewhere in between and cost around €1,000 per month on average.

Oh no, I fully agree with the point about a decent apartment and it's price. I just don't know anyone who lives on their own and pays 1000E or higher each month. As in, for a one bedroom apartment, they'd usually live with a bf/gf so even the 1400E place is 700E each rather than 1000E.

Those who are single or who don't live with their partner, would generally share a 2 or 3 bed place with others, in my experience.

Just a minor point and based only on my own experience, that of others such as yours could of course be different!

EmptyTree

jester77 wrote: »

Would it though?

In the city you don't need a car, public transport is available, you can walk to shops, bars, restaurant, work, etc. Whereas in the sticks you need a car, which also entails petrol, tax, insurance, repairs, NCT, etc. Whatever you might save in rent you will pay out in transport.

It depends on what you consider "the sticks".

If you're in complete isolation, miles from anything, then yes, you're 100% right.

But if you lived in a town, say Donegal or Longford......

Fighting Irish wrote: »

Sort of depends really

The only thing more expensive about dublin is rent

Duno, IMO, a night out in Dublin is a few bob more (alcohol, food etc,.)

PhlegmyMoses

awec wrote: »

Public transport in Dublin is not exactly brilliant. Dublin isn't London, you can't really get away without a car.

What? Of course you can get away without a car. I had a car at 20 and got rid after a year because I was barely using it. I still have very little need, despite us having one now.

repsol

ITS_A_BADGER wrote: »

surely you could survive on 700 a week in dublin

"survive" is setting the bar a bit low.I think most people want to do better than just survive.

Procasinator

Jack breen wrote: »

I am on about 80 euro more a week but I work 7 days but for 9 hours a day. I only take a weekend off every 6 or 7 weeks.

Are you self-employed? Works out at about €12 an hour.

B.A._Baracus

Is 700 euro a resonably well paid job?

Well considering how most places will start you off at €8.65 an hour (Thats only €346 for a 40 hour week) ... So yeah 700 is reasonably well paid. Gimme that any day over 346.

ted1

Its not great, especially of your trying to support a family

Mortgage 900
House insurance 30
life 30
UPC 80
ESb 60
Gas 60
Montesorri 250
Glohealth 150
Car tax 30
Car insurance 30
Petrol 120
say 150 groceries per week =600
mobiles 2*50=100

Total fixed outgoings= 2440
2800-2440= 360 cash


so after all this your left for 360 cash, per moneht, don't forget to factor things like car repair, boiler repair, school trips, presents, clothes

and your left with much less.
the remainder is your social budget which will give you a 6 pack of dutch gold.

So 700 is not enough

muppetkiller

It's a serious amount of money folks whatever your situation.
700 euro is about 160 pints of beer a week !!! Crazy money.

muppetkiller

ted1 wrote: »

say 150 groceries per week =600

150 on Groceries a week ? Good grief ....That's a massive amount of money.

ted1

It's the nappies and cleaning products etc that bring it up. (shop in Aldi and Dunnes)

The food bill might only be 50% of that.

Raekwon

Sugar Free wrote: »

Oh no, I fully agree with the point about a decent apartment and it's price. I just don't know anyone who lives on their own and pays 1000E or higher each month. As in, for a one bedroom apartment, they'd usually live with a bf/gf so even the 1400E place is 700E each rather than 1000E.

Those who are single or who don't live with their partner, would generally share a 2 or 3 bed place with others, in my experience.

Just a minor point and based only on my own experience, that of others such as yours could of course be different!

You are right, most people would live with either a partner or a flat mate as it's way cheaper, but I was going on the assumption that a single person with that much disposable income would probably want their own space as they could well afford it.

PhlegmyMoses wrote: »

What? Of course you can get away without a car. I had a car at 20 and got rid after a year because I was barely using it. I still have very little need, despite us having one now.

But what if you lived around either the Swords or Shankill areas and worked in a large industrial estate like City West or Park West? It would be 25 minutes in a car OR a bus/DART trip into town then a LUAS trip into work which could take the guts of 2 hours twice a day, 5 days per week. F**k that!

ITS_A_BADGER

repsol wrote: »

"survive" is setting the bar a bit low.I think most people want to do better than just survive.

You're missing the point i was making 700eur is double what a person on mininum wage would earn in a week, You could do more then just scrape by on that wage

summerskin

muppetkiller wrote: »

150 on Groceries a week ? Good grief ....That's a massive amount of money.

nonsense. we spend 150-200 each week for a family of 4 and often need to pick up essentials by thursday or friday.

28 breakfasts, 28 lunches, 28 dinners... all adds up.

summerskin

Sugar Free wrote: »

Oh no, I fully agree with the point about a decent apartment and it's price. I just don't know anyone who lives on their own and pays 1000E or higher each month. As in, for a one bedroom apartment, they'd usually live with a bf/gf so even the 1400E place is 700E each rather than 1000E.

Those who are single or who don't live with their partner, would generally share a 2 or 3 bed place with others, in my experience.

Just a minor point and based only on my own experience, that of others such as yours could of course be different!

Speaking personally I would never share a house or flat with anyone and never did in my younger years. Far better to spend a bit more and have your own space.

B.A._Baracus

ITS_A_BADGER wrote: »

You're missing the point i was making 700eur is double what a person on mininum wage would earn in a week, You could do more then just scrape by on that wage

Agreed.
A person on €346 can barely just survive. Thats not to say someone on €700 is rich or anything. Ireland is a bloody rip off :rolleyes: But with double the min wage you have more to play with or save.

Give me €700 euro any day.

dd972

DART driver, €48,000 big ones a year, and the closed shop of closed shops, more chance of becoming the next pope or playing for Real Madrid then joining them lads.