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Dubai Wages

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  • 13-07-2016 10:36am
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    BlackEdelweiss
    Registered Users Posts: 1,535 ✭✭✭


    I have been offered a job in Dubai paying around AED20,000 per month. I have a wife and 4 kids. My wife has 12 years admin experience and would like to work as well.
    Could we afford to live comfortably on that?
    Could we save any on that?


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    fonda
    Registered Users Posts: 540 ✭✭✭fonda


    Is there any accommodation included or any other benefits included? A decent apartment or villa in Dubai will take up more than half of that salary per month and school fees are really expensive. I don't have kids but i think the cost is AED30000 and up per child per term for a decent British curriculum school.

    If your wife got a similar salary you might be OK, however admin is normally carried out by lower paid Asian staff and she would have to be in some sort of leadership / management role to achieve a decent salary.


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    FURET
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    It's not enough. You need to ensure that in addition to 20K, you also get a housing allowance (120K absolute minimum), a car allowance, education allowance for at least 3 of your kids, and health insurance for all family members as well as air tickets for spouse and up to three kids once per year. Otherwise you'll really struggle.


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