Here the average salary goes around 800---------1700 euros, but this does not produce whealt, the new young work class generation is so insicure about their life and their future.

the bank-system ( the worse legalized criminal congregation in the world )
does no thelp who is job-less or who has an not avaliable salary

l think that in the immediate future we will see the negative conseguence for many reasons, someone says nowaday many young ppl does not knows what mean the words job and sacrifice


at last it's just an opinion

In my country, salary alone isn't enough if one wants to have a fairly comfortable life, much more raise a small family. One has to learn to produce more money thru a small business, capital investment or any other source of income. That's why most of our young professionals here have learned to deal with multiple income generating hobbies (earning extra while enjoying), eg. party hosting, events coordination, tutorials, dog breeding, trek and tour guiding... etc.

It would be past tense for me to talk, but I find it is indeed dependent upon your degree and what your degree or trade is in. My old salary (which I miss) was quite comfortable, so I struggle to get a degree (accounting) in someething I can do. But it is not my beloved field (engineering), at least it is challenging. I think nowadays you need to make $15 an hour in the states in Texas to survive.

My needs are met, I am grateful.
I have found I really don't need much.

yes.

$.02

as a single man I live very comfortably on what I make (without an education)...

Thankfully, I make good enough money to take care of my son and myself. With no more than a high school diploma(and 16yrs of the same career). In this day and age, I know thats rare. And I am ever so thankful for it.

when I worked, I did ok, all I had then was some college an a high school degree

the past two years, I scraped by on unemployment after losing my job and I attained my associates degree

Now, I still seek employment and I have to basically volunteer 100 hours a month to get 300 dollars of assistance each month


hell no, I dont have enough income to live off of, but I do have 'support' from family which helps us make it through,,,

Im a frèelance trainer when i get many clients i earn good money. Currently busy creating new training material not generating funds. Hopefully i will earn enough money this year to do some traveling oversee. Training pays well,problems just o get paying clients,there are many trainers.ive had many clients who cant afford paying me,then i feelsorry4them andont persue payment. Wish i could train every one4free however then iwont have enough funds to live. I gues its easier to live on a monthly steady income from an employer than to work privately without certainty of payment and clients

hmmmmm, I live in the top end of Australia, where not everyone wants to live.
Soooooo wages are higher, but then so is the cost of living.

We employ cleaners at $22 an hour, but its hard to keep them.. We dont have enough people to work the jobs we have. So a lot of people from overseas work here while they are saving for school .


We have a lot of support for people who do not work, although they will not think it is enough, and if you where on it long term it would be difficult. However, up here where I am , the only people who do not work, dont work because they either dont want to , or cant

We are thousands of Miles from the closest big cities, its to far to drive to go anywhere. and apparently it gets really hot, although its winter at the moment and the days are a pleasant 90 to 100 so i am not sure what they are talking about

After 19 years with the same employer, I am finally making enough to make ends meet.

But I'm also fairly conservative. I have an older home with relatively low payments. My car payment is affordable. I don't have cable TV or Satellite. I turn off the lights when not using them, turn off or adjust the heat and air conditioning at night and when I'm at work.

I don't go out partying every night, though I take one night a week for "me" time and I also make sure to bring the kids someplace special about every other week (movies, go-carts, camping, road trip, climbing wall, etc.). The rest of the time we do local free or low-cost activities - go to the library, go camping, fishing, swimming, canoeing, or hiking, go for a bike ride, etc.

So between being very lucky to have a decent job and making sometimes difficult choices on how I live and spend my money, I am doing ok for now.

One of those difficult choices is one I made a year and a half ago. I accepted a job transfer to an area where the cost of living is lower than average. So while I make just about the same salary (small increase), my home and utilities are much lower than they were. The drawback is that this is a very small, isolated community. Population is about 800 and the nearest large town with a population of about 14,000 is 50 miles away. Nearest "city" is over 100 miles.


Edit: Forgot to answer part of your question. Though these statistics aren't mine, they are pulled from the city-data website for the county where I live. The average salary in the county is about $26,000, which comes out to about $2,000 per month. Average home price is $75,000, average monthly rent is $450.

So the cost of living here is low enough that the average salary of $26,000 should be enough to make ends meet.

If money is the root of evil, then I guess I'm the devil.

To live here comfortably; you need at least $3,000.00 to $4,000 monthly. Cost of living here is very high.

In my country, its not weird to find a graduate earning the bare minimum, im in human resource and i am comfortable with what i earn..it can never be enough