Thread: Salary expectations in Bali

If you mean Professor Doctor Bruce Pohlmann he taught in Sumbawa.

hi all there

just read this blog and even though i am a little bit delayed i needed to comment to this!

i do not believe that you can life in bali for 2 millions a month- i mean a decent living.
it starts with searching a house or room- my experience is that under 5 million a month you will not get a normal house- unless you want to rent a koskosan( local small room rented with nothing inside, outside balinese shower and no kitchen but many people next to you and 0 privacy.( approx. 50$ a month). the room should be equipped with matras, a fan, plates and glasses etc.

food and normal living costs in bali are not that cheap anymore- not mentioned if you want to eat some butter, yoghurts or good bread sometimes.

you need to have an insurance- would be wise- and they are quite expensive.

renting a motorbike is currently approx. 50 us$ a month excluding petrol.

so half of the 2 millions are gone for bike and small room rented.

not to mention if you have kids and have to sent them to school here.

i personally thnk that a normal western person not owning a house or villa here should at least have 1500 us$ a month for a decent, comfortable and save living.

my opinion.

kind regards, tell us when you made it to Bali

Leandra.

$1500 is our budget for two including renting a Kijang and eating at home most of the time. Neither of us drink or smoke or eat animals.

Originally Posted by leandra

hi all there

just read this blog and even though i am a little bit delayed i needed to comment to this!

i do not believe that you can life in bali for 2 millions a month- i mean a decent living.
it starts with searching a house or room- my experience is that under 5 million a month you will not get a normal house- unless you want to rent a koskosan( local small room rented with nothing inside, outside balinese shower and no kitchen but many people next to you and 0 privacy.( approx. 50$ a month). the room should be equipped with matras, a fan, plates and glasses etc.

food and normal living costs in bali are not that cheap anymore- not mentioned if you want to eat some butter, yoghurts or good bread sometimes.

you need to have an insurance- would be wise- and they are quite expensive.

renting a motorbike is currently approx. 50 us$ a month excluding petrol.

so half of the 2 millions are gone for bike and small room rented.

not to mention if you have kids and have to sent them to school here.

i personally thnk that a normal western person not owning a house or villa here should at least have 1500 us$ a month for a decent, comfortable and save living.

my opinion.

kind regards, tell us when you made it to Bali

Leandra.

I agree you can't live on 2 millz a month but you can definitely get a house for under 5 million a month if you're renting for a year. In fact most of the houses in Bali are well under that price. Im living in a new 2 bedroom house now which was only 12.5 millz for the year. for 5millz a month (60juta) you could probably find yourself a jelek little Villa

Originally Posted by ronb

Here's an article, 2 years old now,
Education International
that said a pay increase at that time was getting teacher pay up to Rp2,000,000 per month. Let's guess that they have since got another increase to Rp2,200,000 - that is US$242 per month - or about $8 per day. Sometimes poverty is defined as less than $2 a day, so you can see that on that basis teachers are doing OK. But I guess that few people from western countries would be happy with that pay level.

If it's $8 a day, that's working everyday... Is this expected or would it more likely be 5 days a week? What sort of hours would you expect?