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[japanman]

Hello all,
I have a simple but maybe rather difficult question. I have been looking at the jobs on offer in Spain, Italy and France and notice the salaries around around 1,000-1,300 euros a month.
Is this kind of salary enough to lead a decent life? ie going out for dinner once a week, eating well at home and being able to save for a holiday sometimes?
Any info would be great. I have looked at cost of living indicators etc but they are usually rubbish.
Cheers.

[peaches604]

It all depends where you live. I live in a small town just outside of Bergamo and I teach in Bergamo and sometimes in Milano. If you live in a smaller town, your expenses will be significantly less.

Living in Milano on a 1000 euro salary is impossible.

[Sublime]

Yep, yep, yep. Like in any Country it depends where you live. So you'd have to be much more specific.

Personally I'd consider myself fairly rich on 1,300 a month

[japanman]

The fact that you would feel rich on 1,300 a month is very good news indeed. I am looking to move to any of those three countries and in a city big enough for my wife to find a job also. It has has to be big enough to have some Japanese restaurants for her to apply to work in etc.

To 'sublime', where do you live to make 1,300 enough money per month.

[Louisdf]

Spain, Italy and France don't need to pay high salaries as many teachers are attracted by the weather/cuisine of the country.

[dragonpiwo]

EFL jobs in Europe pay you subsistence wages. Cheap room/small flat, basic groceries and that's about it. Central Europe was cool until it joined the EU then bacame expensive and local teachers could live in the UK, return home and speak English like the natives.

Nope. Europe is a wash out. I work in the Middle East and make $100,000pa.

Actually, 20 years into this EFL gig, I look back and wonder; 'What was I thinking?'

[spaceman spiff]

You can make decent money in Spain, especially in the big cities but you've really got to work for it. France is harder, but there are many opportunities in Paris (though steep start-up costs). Dunno about Italy.

[currentaffairs]

1300 euros would be okay for living out in the sticks or in a farmhouse. Italy, Spain and France aren't so cheap, especially for groceries and eating out.

As a working holiday or jaunt in Tuscany I would do it for six months. Long term I would be moving elsewhere..

[Nicky_McG]

Is it 1300 net or gross in France? If it's gross in France, it's actually really low (net is after huge social charges but before tax which is paid the next year)

In Spain, it's actually good outside Madrid/Barcelona and not bad in Madrid.

[EFL Educator]

Hello everyone is 2,500 Euros monthly a good salary for teaching English in Torremolinos, Malaga in Spain?

[jonniboy]

[spiral78]

I believe EFL Educator was spoofing our recently-departed troll, mingvase/gamze/Elliot_spencer, who was always posting that he'd just received some offer at some amount of money, at a highly improbably rate and country spread.