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Moscow, Russia typ. exp: ~600$ per each family member for food/clothes/utilities (no fancy stuff) 700-1200$ renting 1 room apt. 20$ internet (10MBit+ is

Moscow, Russia typ. exp: ~600$ per each family member for food/clothes/utilities (no fancy stuff) 700-1200$ renting 1 room apt. 20$ internet (10MBit+ is common) extras: 60-100$ meal for 2 at *reasonably* priced restaurant 15$ movie ticket 10-20$ taxi ride 1$ ramen noodles (called "Doshirak" here) 2.5$ BigMac avg. salary IT (after tax) $700-1500/mth (mostly around $1000/mth)

xentronium 16y ago
Kostroma, Russia I don't include clothes because these are more difficult to consider. $250-350 for 2 room rent $200+ for some "normal" food (meat and veggies included), if you prepare it yourself $25 internet (10 mbit) $6 movie ticket $3 taxi ride $0.2 for cheap ramen $1 for some better ramen $2.5 big mac Average salary here for non-management position is around $600-800, I think. I don't agree on salaries in Moscow. It's not a big deal to find a 70k RUR ($2.1k) position for an IT guy.
eliben 16y ago
Wow, that sounds totally unlivable
- abalashov 16y ago
  Well, there is a reason Moscow has the dubious distinction of being the world's most expensive city. :-)
- noilly 16y ago
  perhaps why a bottle of vodka is 3 dollars *also fun fact: doshirak is a Korean brand
- ilya_b 16y ago
  It is. No medical insurance of any kind included if you work for yourself. $200 for visiting a dantist. About $100/month for running a simplest possible kind of local firm, maintaining accounting etc. It no staff and no taxes payed at all.
ilya_b 16y ago
> avg. salary IT (after tax) $700-1500/mth (mostly around $1000/mth) $1000 is for a stydent, twenty-something HTML/PHP programmer or Windows admin. Most companies offer >= $2000. For senior developers (Java, Python, RoR etc) or DBAs $3000 is average. *nix/Cisco admin may expect $2000-$2500. St.Petersburg's salaries are about 60-70% of Moscow equivalents. Other > 0.5M population cities - about 30-50%. Small cities - 25-30%.

xentronium 16y ago

Kostroma, Russia I don't include clothes because these are more difficult to consider. $250-350 for 2 room rent $200+ for some "normal" food (meat and veggies included), if you prepare it yourself $25 internet (10 mbit) $6 movie ticket $3 taxi ride $0.2 for cheap ramen $1 for some better ramen $2.5 big mac Average salary here for non-management position is around $600-800, I think. I don't agree on salaries in Moscow. It's not a big deal to find a 70k RUR ($2.1k) position for an IT guy.

eliben 16y ago

Wow, that sounds totally unlivable

abalashov 16y ago
Well, there is a reason Moscow has the dubious distinction of being the world's most expensive city. :-)
noilly 16y ago
perhaps why a bottle of vodka is 3 dollars *also fun fact: doshirak is a Korean brand
ilya_b 16y ago
It is. No medical insurance of any kind included if you work for yourself. $200 for visiting a dantist. About $100/month for running a simplest possible kind of local firm, maintaining accounting etc. It no staff and no taxes payed at all.

ilya_b 16y ago

> avg. salary IT (after tax) $700-1500/mth (mostly around $1000/mth) $1000 is for a stydent, twenty-something HTML/PHP programmer or Windows admin. Most companies offer >= $2000. For senior developers (Java, Python, RoR etc) or DBAs $3000 is average. *nix/Cisco admin may expect $2000-$2500. St.Petersburg's salaries are about 60-70% of Moscow equivalents. Other > 0.5M population cities - about 30-50%. Small cities - 25-30%.