Korean Job Discussion Forums

[inthewild]

Just curious about people paying monthly rent, not jeonse. And if your apartment is paid for by your school just figure that rent as part of your total income cuz you earned it anyways.

I'm just curious about people in Korea.

[newton kabiddles]

I'm in the USA....37%

[Draz]

Dunno how much the rent on my place is.

[mmarshalynne]

I own my own house in the US, and will arrive in Korea on July 31, 2008. I do not know the value of my rental. US guidelines if you want to get a loan to purchase a house is generally that your housing should not cost more than 30% of your total income.

[holden_caulfield]

17%
it's not uncommon for NYC'ers to pay ~%50 of their income on housing

www.citylimits.org/images_pdfs/pdfs/Weiner.pdf

HC

[rusty1983]

[Paji eh Wong]

20%. With the minimum 5 mil down.

Or do you mean wolsae instead of chonsae?

[caniff]

None-ya....

[Ilsanman]

Me....6-7% or so.

[IncognitoHFX]

In Canada, about 80% of my paycheque.

In Korea, 0% of my paycheque (and my paycheque in Korea would still be double than Canada's if I had my old apartment's rent taken out of it).

[sineface]

[Suwon23]

You dullards, the OP said to factor in the rent your boss pays if you don't pay it yourself. Obviously somebody is paying for your apartment.

[cdninkorea]

10% of my total income and 25% of my non-savings income.

That's not including maintenence fees and utilities- just rent.

[sineface]

[IncognitoHFX]