what is a good salary to live a decent life in dubai?
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decent as in comparable to middle class north america? dhs is 3.65 per $1 usd.  rent is much higher but must be reimbursed by employer and houshold things are about the same price or cheaper. so it evens out
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Employment in the United Arab Emirates has differences from employment elsewhere. Firstly we will discuss salary or money payment. There is no such thing as minimum wage, and because of this, there are people working 8 to 12 hours a day for Dhs. 30 (US$ 8), but this is normally for unskilled labourers. Skilled individuals normally have fixed timings of work and a fixed salary, which is paid around the begin of each completed month. A regular individual will normally make between Dhs. 2,000 (US$ 548) and Dhs. 4,000 (US$ 1,096) per month. You won't find jobs that pay per hour or companies that will pay wages at the end of each week.\n\nSecondly we will talk about work timings. For many people, work is life. That this means is that for many people working from 8am to 1pm and again from 4pm to 8pm, there is not much time to do other things. Many people driving to work spend 2 to 4 hours in traffic getting to and from work. And at the end of it all, the whole day is spend either going to work, at work, or coming from work, which leaves very little time for anything else but eating, and sleeping. So if you get a chance to work a straight shift, that is the best way to go.\n\nThirdly we will discuss nationality and appearance. In the UAE, where you come from also affects the salary you get. For example, there was an American working the exact same job as an Indian and the American received Dhs. 3,000 (US$ 822) while the Indian received Dhs. 1,500 (US $411). The nationality and appearance factor will normally start from your resume, as many companies require you to send a picture with your resume. After that when you come down for a interview, many people, though highly qualified, don't get the job because of their looks. I know this is discrimination, but it happens in the UAE.\n\nFourthly we will talk about availability of jobs for expats. The United Arab Emirates has started implementing emiratisation, which is pushing to have more graduated UAE nationals, or Emiratees, working not only in the government sector, but now also in the private sector. The major categories of the private sector getting affected by emiratisation are banks, and educational institutions. And as this continues more and more expats will be replaced with UAE nationals, who will most likely receive higher salaries. A recent newspaper article entitled 'UAE urged to pressure private firms' was released by Gulf News, which basically states that the government should take steps to force firms in the private sector to employ more UAE nationals in order to reduce Emiratee unemployment. And though the government wishes to have them work in the public sector, Nationals shun private sector due to poor financial benefits and heavy workload (Gulf News).\n\nNow we will discuss the issue of immigration to the United Arab Emirates by expats. Foreign workers in the UAE are not immigrants, but are temporary workers who come to the cuontry with the intention of leaving once their contract ends. (Gulf News) As foreign expats can rarely obtain UAE citizenship or passport \n\nHere I would like to give you a few words of advice to those wishing to come and work in the UAE, if you don't have a degree, it will be difficult for you to get a job of even Dhs. 2,000 (US$ 548) a month. If you are a single person, this will be sufficient, but if you are planning to bring your family with you, then it will be insufficient as you wouldn't be able to sponsor your family with residence visas.\n\nEssential UAE Employment Information\nBelow are important points that you should remember after getting employed by a company in the United Arab Emirates.\n\n1. After getting employed, you will need to transfer your visa to the company you are work for (This rule is not applicable for women under sponsorship by their husband or father). If you have a visit visa, you will need to leave the country and then come back in, in order to transfer to a work visa (but due to the airplan
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Well that really depends, people over there get by with 150-200 /month but obviously this is not a very luxurious life. These people shop at the marketplace (not super makets) and never eat out...\n\nIf you want to live decently (like you are used to in the US) you would probably need about $300-$400 /month (including rent for a decent place)
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Use a salary calculator like this one:\nhttp://www.homefair.com/homefair/calc/intsalcalc.html\n\nPlug in your current salary and city and compare the cost of living between your current location and Melbourne.\n\nOnce you have a salary figure, add 20% to it to account for the extra 10 hours a week.\n\nGood luck!
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based on per capita income and GDP per land area it is Luxemburg by far.  However one of the posters is right that the UAE has so much money they do not know what to do with it.  However, many people in the UAE are dirt poor while the income in luxemburg is distributed evenly.
215862
i would say not less than 2000 Kuwait dinars for your life style
611757
Use the salaray calculator at hotjobs.com or monster.com.\n\nEnter in your state and any other pertinent info-- it will vary widely based on location.
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if you want to live single then i think it will cast you 5,000 to 12500USD and if you want to shift in dubai with your family then it will cast you from 15000 to 30000USD.
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Good paying job w/good benefits.
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that really depends on your idea of comfortably.  What does comfortable mean to you?  How big of an apartment do you want, how close will you live to your workplace (ie. how much $ will go to public transportation, taxis), how often do you like to buy new clothes, how often do you like to go out socially? \n\nBased on my standard of living comfortably, I would say, for a single person with no dependants, you should be making at least $30,000/year.  Good Luck
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Tough question! \n\nA decent wage depends upon where the man lives and the cost of living in that area, whether he has to support a family, the number of debts and expenses he has, and the lifestyle to which he is accustomed.\n\nA decent wage in some parts of California would be grossly indecent in San Francisco for example. \n\nA decent wage is whatever will allow a person to live, to meet obligations, and to recreate reasonably without undue fear of going into debt if he misses a paycheck or two. Just my thought!
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well to make a great salary you need to find something that will be in demand when you graduate not in demand right now, for it to still be worthwhile that is dependent on your on personal values, just remember though you can be happy at a job that doesnt pay very well and your're personal life will suffer or you can be content with a job that pays well enough to support yourself and not live with your parents when you graduate
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No.\n\nWhat are you crazy?  That's not nearly enough money. \n\n8.6k Riyal is US$27,520/year.  Even with no taxation, that's a crap salary to move to Jeddah.  Cost of living is high and you don't even have the fun things to do like you do in Riyahd.  You say you are American? Man, if you really do have three years of experience in your field - you should be able to make that with your eyes closed in the US.  \n\nHmmm... this question seems very similar to a question asked by "Jammy", who was Bangladeshi (not American), who also had three years of experience, who also was offered 9k to work in Saudi, who also had poor English, which I answered here: \n\nhttp://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=ArRacQV12L6Hnij21pdf0tDsy6IX?qid=20061119061741AAWxGvj
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try \nwww.bayt.com\n\nthis is one of the best recruitment agencies in the united arab emirates, hopefully you'll get a good job in Dubai..\n\ngood luck
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BUY LAND IN DUBAI MINIMUM INVESTMENT IS 2.5M$
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Hey,\n\nThere are no requirement for moving to Dubai. Just find a job which you are majoring in. Rightnow IT and Hospitality are searching for people. There is no a really good site, but you should check company's site directly for the openings or contact info.\n\nGood luck
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I live in Dubai for last 30 years, The traffic department here is as good as any where in the world if not better.\nYou can be sure that you will be treated with respect and you will get your driving license in no time if you can pass the test.\nPeople in Dubai are very friendly and we expatriate live here very peacefully.