Is an annual salary of GBP 32000 good enough for adequately maintaining  a family of three in Portsmouth ?
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I would say that's fairly adequate, though it all depends on your spending habits. If you save more importantly than you spend, you will do well. Also if you drive further to work it will have a greater impact today than it did several years ago. It also depends on the area to which you plan to live. Cost of living is higher in more busy areas, but Porstmouth is planning a large project on public transportation. If you are careful, you can live comfortably and save for retirement. But you may have to use your savings for unexpected emergencies.\n\nI'd say you're on the bottom of the comfortable class, but it is what you make it.
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I think you need to be more specific regarding what you will be doing, and what else is covered or if you have to pay for some things out of the USD 25,000 per month.  Although expat salaries in Nigeria are wuite high, this seems a bit suspiciously high for working in Lagos, and who is global oil?  Can they actually pay that as I've never heard of the company.\n\nGeneral answers to your questions is it safe to Live there and are worksites safe: no, and no.  Nigeria is not for the faint of heart.  Be ready to deal with strikes, threats to your personal safety, armed robbers operating freely, power outages and a myriad of other problems like rampant fraud.\n\nHaving said that, I spent 3 1/2 years there and actually liked it, but I was there by myself with no family to worry about.  You can send me an e-mail if you want more info.
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look for a family with a gst house. We did that, we owned a home and had 4 lil beach homes in the back and rented them out to whoever seemed cool. check it out.
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I would say you can live fairly well with about USD1500 a month.
19955
Read here: http://members.cox.net/lmcoon/salarycap.htm\n\nYou should find all the answers you'd like to know there.
1001976
It would depend upon their role within the university.\n\nSome would get a lot less than £40,000.\n\nSome would get a lot more.\n\nMaybe £40,000 is a good average. It depends why you ask the question, how you hope to use the information.
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I guess I would go for #2.  Seems like the only downside is 3-5 hours from family.  Though this is a disadvantage the extra pay should make it easier to take.
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This isn't perfect or exact but this should be a pretty close representation of a typical family:\n\nhttp://www.bls.gov/ro9/cexphoe.htm\n\nIf you're in California or the east coast then I'd expect housing to be a lot closer to 50%-60% of income.
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Approx\nUS$30,000- 45,900
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You can make up to the $3200 of earned income.  The threshold is lower for unearned income.
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It depends how much you can afford to take out.  If you're married and have some financial support for your spouse that helps.  If you can live with less than 30k, try and contribute as much as possible until you hit the limit where the company stops matching.  As long as they match, that's basically free money and you should try and take advantage of it.
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I don't think it would matter. But, I think the UK would be quite the opportunity.Plus, you'll be earning money in British Pounds!
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It's a perfectly good question. You'd like to know the range. This gives you more bargaining power, but don't be surprised if they answer a question with a question, "What are your salary requirements?" Be prepared. And good luck!
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Don't know exactly but you could try looking at http://www.tes.co.uk/Your_Career/Pay_scales_2006-8/
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Most places base how much they'd offer on 3.5 or 3.75 times your joint income, or similar. So for that amount, borrowing around 110k, over 27k per year between the two of you.\n\nYour best bet is to talk to an independant financial advisor - I'd recommend London and Country, but there are other good ones. There's loads of info on all kinds of financial stuff, including mortgages, at the website:  www.moneysavingexpert.com\n\nGood luck (we get our keys tomorrow and it's just as stressful as you've heard...)
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You should check with some specialist interim agencies on this one. It will vary as you probably know. Shorter the term, higher the rate and vice versa. If you are operating as an interim (ltd company as example) you might also be able to negotiate expenses separately to your daily/weekly rate. This is not my area, but I reckon £500/day would be the minimum.\nTry http://www.uk.eim.com/