Sales tax for everything is 19%, corporate profit tax is 17%. There's a tax ladder for personal profit which goes from 0% to 40% on the highest tier, although v

Sales tax for everything is 19%, corporate profit tax is 17%. There's a tax ladder for personal profit which goes from 0% to 40% on the highest tier, although very few people pay that. Average pay for a software engineer is around USD 2.000-4.000 net monthly, with living expenses at around USD 1.500 monthly (including 1 bdrm apt in a nice neighborhood for USD 400 monthly rent). A BigMac meal costs around USD 6, but you may also have a nice homemade-like lunch (a lot healthier) for around the same price. Is not a bad place to live, nor really that expensive. Although Santiago is one of the most expensive cities in the region, but with the added bonus of security, stability, and low corruption[1], something rare for these latitudes. [1] In 2010, Chile had almost the same Corruption Perception Index than the US: http://www.transparency.org/policy_research/surveys_indices/cpi/2010/results http://www.transparency.org/policy_research/surveys_indices/...