Does the amount includes the tax you have to pay ??
Anyway... for anyone interested.... feel free to go and try your luck in Denmark. Don't worry... plenty of 'replacement' can take your place. :sweat:
so it means they are actually earning more right?The absolute number gives the impression of a huge gap, but the true story lies in purchasing power. Don't get me wrong, the gap is still there, but my point is that we shouldn't just look at absolute values.
Taking those numbers at face value, and making reference to current US-SGD exchange rates as well as the notorious Big Mac Index (Daily chart: The Big Mac index | The Economist) just to illustrate what I mean, a cleaner in Singapore can buy 800/(1.27*3.75) = 168 Big Macs. Compared to the cleaner in Denmark who can buy 5502/(1.27*5.37)= 807 Big Macs. Of course no one just buys Big Macs, it just happens to be a convenient example.
So for those who wish to fly over, if Big Macs is all you wish to eat and you plan to sleep on the streets and walk around only with the clothes on your back, 807*1.27*3.75 = $3,843 should be the tipping point for you. Of course there are many other things you should keep in mind.
Sorry to burst the bubble but cost of living in Denmark is too darn high. Mineral water 500 ml bottle costs around sgd 8. A normal meal of 1 fish soup costs me sgd 40. Taxi rides cost average sgd 100 for around 30 km or so (half hour journey). So probably the high pay even for a cleaner justifies the high costs living.
nah, can get gun easily there. form my own ocean elven or twelve, or thirteen
ninelives said:maybe try their wan tan soup lor.
Blackgoddess said:Sorry to burst the bubble but cost of living in Denmark is too darn high. Mineral water 500 ml bottle costs around sgd 8. A normal meal of 1 fish soup costs me sgd 40. Taxi rides cost average sgd 100 for around 30 km or so (half hour journey). So probably the high pay even for a cleaner justifies the high costs living.
Standing inside a tall window can get you more money than working as a cleaner in Denmark.
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allenleonhart said:so it means they are actually earning more right?
hmm. time to pack my stuff and move over
You guys are missing the point. One generation in Denmark to slug it out and build house and the generations after can still taste the fruit. But not so for our HDB. I will have no savings at all after plonking down $ for a stupid flat which i can t even pass down to my children.
You cant work hard to accumulate wealth here. You can only ride on ither people's hard work to accumulate wealth.