Bangkok (90000 Bhat + 20000 Bhat Monthly Housing Allowance)

[Spod]

Hi,

I`m considering a job in Bangkok. Is 90000 Bhat + 20000 Bhat Monthly Housing Allowance a good package for Bangkok? Please help as I have no clue if this is a good package or not.

[bish180b]

althouh not top of the scale very nice. u will live comfortably on that in Bangkok.

[Mr.Cake]

Are you single? If so it would give you a good lifestyle and the ability to save over half of your salary.

If you have dependents it would mean saving less but still having a comfortable lifestyle.

[Yantantether]

Is that 90,000 net or gross? If before tax then that would leave you with around 70,000 which would not be a great deal. If after then yes, a pretty good deal, particularly if you have no dependents.

However if you have a non-teaching spouse AND have kids AND that's before tax, then you are going to struggle on that.

All depends on your personal situation to give an accurate assessment.

[PsyGuy]

Understand that the top of the ELL scale where you start seeing bilingual schools is around 60K Baht. 90K Baht isnt the top of the scale, but its a nice salary when you consider an extra 20K Baht for housing thats 110 K Baht, a LOT of people are doing fine with half that money. The top is about 150K Baht, but only a very small number of educators get that and most of them are admins.

Taxes average about 20% but go as high as 25%, you might be in that bracket. Yes a family will of course increase your living costs, but schools dont pay you more because you have a bigger family.