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I got a job offer of 4300$ per month.Is this enough with 2 kids?

Last activity 12 May 2017 by Alisa Bochkareva

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rintudas

Hi,
I need an info,I got a job offer of 4300$ per month.Is this enough with 2 kids.
Please help.
I am software Engineer and got a offer from Helsinki.

Bhavna

Hi Rintudas,

Welcome on board  :)

Since your post was somewhat off-topic on the thread you posted, this new topic has been created from your post on the Finland forum so that you may get some updated infos.

Till members provide you some infos, you may have a look at the general cost of living here : https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/c … rrency=USD

All the best,
Bhavna

citizen1

You can live on that.

GuestPoster491

rintudas wrote:

Hi,
I need an info,I got a job offer of 4300$ per month.Is this enough with 2 kids.
Please help.
I am software Engineer and got a offer from Helsinki.


Completely depends on your lifestyle! What are you looking for?

djvm98

That would be around 4,000 euros which is not bad. Depending your style of life but I'd say it's enough don't forget that in Finland you get many things either for free or at much lower cost than in other places (medical service, daycare, etc...)

expathere

Absolutely it is.
You can rent , secure food and other expenses.

Just as a reminder: this 4300 will become only 3000 or less after tax among other things.

raun cesar

expathere wrote:

Absolutely it is.
You can rent , secure food and other expenses.

Just as a reminder: this 4300 will become only 3000 or less after tax among other things.


Yes the taxation is high in Finland but it comes with many state provided benefits....~3300 after deduction is more than sufficient to live with class

STEFFIFI

After, maybe adding the price of international school...

Alisa Bochkareva

could be, if you rent out your house somewhere in Vantaa or Espoo, and put your kinds in government kindergarten or school. It's possible to live on that amount in here, and keep the normal standard of living, but not more...

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