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jonniboy
Joined: 18 Jun 2006
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Location: Panama City, Panama
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 Posted: Tue Jun 01, 2010 6:26 pm Post subject: Re: Minimum wage |
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| Littlebird wrote: |
Is there minimum wage 6 euros a hour ? That is not much different to the UK at �5.80 a hour. How much is tax and national insurance (equivalent ) in spain ?
Cheers SAM |
UK is one of the few countries in Europe which sets the minimum wage on an hourly basis, in most other countries it's done on a monthly basis. Spain's effective hourly minimum is about �3.65. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_minimum_wages_in_Europe
Income tax, I think the tax free amount is around 3,500 euro per year. After that you'll pay 24% on any income up to 18,000. Beyond that, working as an English teacher you won't need to worry  but it's 28% on the next 16k, 27% on the next 20k and 43% above that. VAT will shortly rise to 18% and is either 4% or 8% on food items. |
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Littlebird
Joined: 29 Jun 2003
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Location: UK
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| Posted: Thu Jun 03, 2010 9:47 am Post subject: Making a living in Spain |
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That is very depressing indeed. 3.65 a hour. Yikes ! I'm sorry I don't understand what you mean by an extra 35-40 hours unpaid a week. Surely the schools aren't open for much more than 30 hours ?! It is probably better if you just write everything I need to know about working in Spain. Terms and conditions working practices and so on. It sounds scandalous !
Thanks a lot for your advice. Maybe someone could add the cost of renting too. Sorry if this is asking a lot.
Cheers SAM |
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microbabe
Joined: 03 Feb 2010
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| Posted: Thu Jun 03, 2010 10:53 am Post subject: Re: Making a living in Spain |
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| Littlebird wrote: |
That is very depressing indeed. 3.65 a hour. Yikes ! I'm sorry I don't understand what you mean by an extra 35-40 hours unpaid a week. Surely the schools aren't open for much more than 30 hours ?! It is probably better if you just write everything I need to know about working in Spain. Terms and conditions working practices and so on. It sounds scandalous !
Thanks a lot for your advice. Maybe someone could add the cost of renting too. Sorry if this is asking a lot.
Cheers SAM |
My husbands contract is for 28-30hrs per week. Which is full-time, because of new students this term he is working the above hours per week.Our school works Sat mornings too. You can be working a bit in the morning afternoon and finish at 9 or 10 at night. It is not like the UK, but the weather is good , 35 c at the moment. In an ideal world you should get O/T pay doesn�t always happen.
Did you manage to do a search on here, there are threads about the cost of living etc in Spain? Try British expats.com?? there is a Spanish forum for general info.
Have a google for renting in Spain.There is REMAX, ERA . They are expensive though. Spanish Yellow pages too. If you don�t want the popular areas e.g Barcelona, Madrid & the Costas rent is much cheaper. Inland and northern Spain.
It is, on the whole, a good life.
Be positive
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Littlebird
Joined: 29 Jun 2003
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| Posted: Thu Jun 03, 2010 5:02 pm Post subject: Making a living in Spain |
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Thanks a lot Microbabe.
I have typed in cost of living in Spain in the search engine on this site but that is too long so no good. I will have a look at the other sites you mentioned.
Cheers SAM |
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