Expected salary and cost of living

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coupe12 New member

Member since 05 September 2018

coupe12New member05 September 2018 08:08:14

Dear all,
I've been interviewed by a company near Brussels. Next step will be HR interview with most likely talk about salary expectation e proposal

I'm a mechanical engineer with 2,5 years of experience. What salary should I expect as proposal from the company (it's a big multinational company).

Also I saw the income taxes in Belgium are crazy high

Thank you all

aneesh Belgium expert

Member since 11 April 2010

aneeshBelgium expert05 September 2018 08:40:46

2000

Please go through existing threads in /forum/256-9-tax-in-belgium.html

You will get an idea

Kristin Bienia New member

Member since 24 May 2017

Kristin BieniaNew member25 September 2018 18:34:26

Dear,

indeed taxes a very high in Belgium. As an engineer you're part of the better paid community here so expect to have something around 2500鈧� net (equals 4000鈧� brutto) + a company car + fuel card + meal vouchers 150鈧� per month + additional private health insurance.

Cost of living depends as always on your needs.
An apartment with one bedroom and a living room should cost you between 700鈧� (normal flat) and 1000鈧� (nicely renovated flat) without charges. The good thing in Brussels is that you usually always find nice flats close to nice parks and public transport. No need to live far outside like in other cities. Calculate additional 200鈧� for charges.
So you'd still have 1500鈧� on your bank account to spend it on food, clothes and vacations. (Or whatever you do with your money).
Calculate that going to a restaurant will cost you between 15 - 20鈧� per dish.

I hope I could help you!

coupe12 New member

Member since 05 September 2018

coupe12New member26 September 2018 06:24:02

thank you very much, this is not a bad treatment, so on Glassdoor I found gross annual of around 55/60k, I was not expecting the car, lets see.

Thank you again for the info!

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