From oct 1st I am joining a company who offered me salary ¥ 226k. Somepart of rent and commute is covered by the company. There is lot of deduction in the name of taxes and all which they yet not confirmed if they deduct it from my salary or out of salary? It's my first time moving to Japan have no idea what could be the average cost of living in Osaka.
by Puzzleheaded-Frame13
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No
Also no.
If you are used to normal first world living standards, no
It’s enough, don’t let the haters hate. Especially if some rent is covered.
There are plenty of people making less and still have to pay rent.
22.6万/month? It’s alright. I know some people making a decent living with that money. You can’t splurge by any mean but you can very well live within 30min of the downtown area and get your peace. I recommend cooking on most days, or alternatively cheap konbini bentos if you hate cooking (although it’s significantly less healthy). You can buy rice and vegetables for fairly cheap in most supermarkets. Same for chicken and pork (beef is a vastly less financially viable option with that income, stay clear).
When I was an exchange student in Osaka university I was earning 10万/month. No clue how I even managed to do anything (it’s years ago) but I remember having an amazing time, even went out with friends several times a month. You just find your rhythm. Look for cheap little shops around. The free university cafeteria was obviously a huge help, but still.
It’s a little on the low side, but if some of the rent and the travel costs are covered, it’s not that much lower than the average English teacher salary (this of course depends on how much the rent is and how much of it they are covering). If you’re buying seasonal veg and cooking at home, it’s okay. You’re not gonna be living it up, but you can get by.
In 2023, my monthly spending in Osaka was around 130k. After tax, you might be able to save 40k yen every month. If this is your first job, I would say go for it. Japan will provide you things that money can’t buy. But if you want to be more financially stable, then I understand if you don’t want to go.
a month? probably, but it’s not exactly luxurious. a year? depends, do you like furikake?
My first answer is No.
However, if you are fine living a frugal life or sacrificing the concept of saving decent money, then yes.
It is a normal working class salary, and you will have a normal working class life.
I expect you will have about 20% deducted from that for taxes, etc.
You won’t be making much to save or to splurge, but if you make sure you have 100,000 left after paying rent, you shouldn’t be struggling.
If you are moving in from far away, and don’t have any appliances/furniture, you should get cheap stuff from Hard Off/jmty/mercari to tide you over until you can get nicer things.
I got all my first furniture for free or less then 5,000 yen from those places, by going to meet the people and taking away this stuff they didn’t want any more. (it costs money to dispose of furniture/appliances, so people just give them away)
No, it’s not enough for a comfortable life, which is what you asked. Any company offering a low salary like that probably has bad working conditions as well. And it’s especially suspicious if they’re being vague about how much they’ll contribute to rent. Keep looking!
Are you doing JET or something
Depends how much rent is covered and if there is a bonus. If it’s all of your rent then yeah, it’s “comfortable,” but not great.
I mean you’ll survive, but you probably won’t live comfortably or save much money. Osaka is not some country town obviously, it’s a major city akin to Tokyo it’s not cheap. The saving part is especially important if you aren’t planning to stay in Japan forever. Lot of horror stories about foreigners who spend many years living in Japan dirt poor for the experience and then moving back to their own country is really difficult because…they have no savings. Idk what kind of company you are working for, but another issue with moving back is that many of these people also spent all their time working dead end/unskilled jobs, so it’s almost like they have no work history when trying to move back home to start an actual career.
My partner and I make like 8x your salary between the two of us and I don’t feel like we’re rich living here lol. I’ll admit that our apartment is huge so that’s part of it.
I make around ¥300,000 a month and am struggling. If you want to buy anything from abroad or travel abroad, you won’t be able to.
I made slightly less than that for 2 years in Osaka with similar conditions (subsidised rent, transportation covered). It’s doable but as other folks have said, you won’t be able to splurge on much. If you’re okay with living frugally, not eating out super often or travelling a lot, it’s fine.
I mean if you worked remotely in a rural area, it would just be enough without saving any money.
The middle of Osaka? You’ll lose most of it in rent.
sounds fair if its 0 hours zangyou dailies xd
Comfortably? No
Livable? Yes
Like most financial issues its going to boil down to our cost of living
can it be done ?
Absolutely
Mine are exactly like yours after tax. And I would say about mehh and its also depends on how much your rent is
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