Living in Belgium with Net salary 2000 Euro

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Ihady Member

Member since 05 February 2018

IhadyMember07 February 2018 13:14:54

Hi,

I am going to receive an offer for 2000 euro net salary. The salary will be given for 13.92 months and I have medical insurance and group insurance. Do you think this salary is good for living for two persons(If getting married later)? I have 10 Years experience in IT sector and I live in Egypt.

Thanks,

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SimCityATExpert07 February 2018 13:45:54

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Ihady Member

Member since 05 February 2018

IhadyMember07 February 2018 16:50:20

Thank you SimCity, Ya I know the net salary now is going to be 2000 euro after all the tax deductions. I need to know if it's good for living in Ghent? what would be the average costs of living per person and if for a family of two without children?

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SimCityATExpert07 February 2018 16:53:14

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Ihady wrote:
Thank you SimCity, Ya I know the net salary now is going to be 2000 euro after all the tax deductions. I need to know if it's good for living in Ghent? what would be the average costs of living per person and if for a family of two without children?

Please reread my first post all the info you need is given there.

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GuestPoster220Guest08 February 2018 14:23:50

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Hi Ihady,

First of all you are the only one who can judge if this salary meets your personal needs based on your current situation and your expectations. It would be wise to first search for the cost of living in belgium (pricisely in Ghent).

To help you decide, and based on a similar situation (my sitatution but not the same salary and city) lets put some numbers:

Rental: immoweb.be is a good website when it comes to searching for the cost of rental- let鈥檚 assume you will spend around 700 鈧� for a decent appartment+ 75 鈧� for common charges
Bills : Electricity, water, gaz around 150 鈧�
Groceries : for 2 persons 400鈧�
Internet, phone, TV: 75鈧�
Transportation: 100鈧� (Public transport subscription for 2)
Others (Docter, gym, furniture....) 100鈧�

Total= 1600鈧�, you will still save 400鈧�

So, to answer your question- yes this a decent salary.

Also don鈥檛 forget that in case of getting married and your spouse is not working you will have around 250 to 300鈧� netto in addition to your salary.

I hope that answers your question

Ihady Member

Member since 05 February 2018

IhadyMember08 February 2018 14:34:18

Thank you very much No22 that was helpful

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