How much do you earn - how much do you spend on your rent in 2016-2017?

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@ThaiJuan

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Expats sent her from abroad do not have to pay housing: it is part of the package. Average foreign white collar workers salary is teachers 60k, office dwellers maybe 70k up to 160k.

The expats I know pay for their own housing, though part of their salary may be labeled as a “housing allowance,” depending on where they work. I’d say your salary numbers are way off for white collar professionals, though. It’s more like $150k-$250k for teachers and significantly more than that for tech and business world types. I’m talking about actual professionals with career-type positions, though-- not the “let’s have an adventure abroad!” twentysomethings who come to teach at buxibans for a few years after college and before starting a career. (No disrespect toward the latter group. I often wish I’d done the same at that age.)

Ah, you mean the ones working at international schools. I know some that make much, but not that much. That is a sort of expat package. Anything that offers perks such as yearly tickets home and stuff like housing allowance is considered “expat”.

I know some engineers in local “international” companies making a lot less than your numbers. But yes, transnational companies are more competitive. Most foreigners I know on local salaries are on a more modest bracket. That is the difference.

But buxiban 20 somethings traveling and teaching are a species about to die here in Taiwan…