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Is SGD 7500 enough for a family of 3 per month?
Posted: Wed, 17 Aug 2022 2:18 pm
by JeffV
Hi, I received a job offer from Singapore and thinking whether to accept it or not. The monthly salary is SGD 7500.
If I accept the offer, I will be moving to SG with my wife and 1.5 years old baby, so there is a lot to consider specially childcare, child's education and accommodation.
Do you think 3 of us can live with this salary?
Thank you.
Re: Is SGD 7500 enough for a family of 3 per month?
Posted: Wed, 17 Aug 2022 3:08 pm
by singaporeflyer
JeffV wrote: ↑Wed, 17 Aug 2022 2:18 pm
Hi, I received a job offer from Singapore and thinking whether to accept it or not. The monthly salary is SGD 7500.
If I accept the offer, I will be moving to SG with my wife and 1.5 years old baby, so there is a lot to consider specially childcare, child's education and accommodation.
Do you think 3 of us can live with this salary?
Thank you.
To be honest, no one can answer this. There are people who can live with 5K for 3 people and people who need 10-15K for 3 people. It depends on the quality and way of life that you follow.
Accommodation HDB - min 3K (whole unit)
Take that into consideration
Re: Is SGD 7500 enough for a family of 3 per month?
Posted: Wed, 17 Aug 2022 4:00 pm
by smoulder
There are people who manage on 3k a month with families of 5 and a car.
Re: Is SGD 7500 enough for a family of 3 per month?
Posted: Wed, 17 Aug 2022 5:49 pm
by sundaymorningstaple
JeffV wrote: ↑Wed, 17 Aug 2022 2:18 pm
Hi, I received a job offer from Singapore and thinking whether to accept it or not. The monthly salary is SGD 7500.
If I accept the offer, I will be moving to SG with my wife and 1.5 years old baby, so there is a lot to consider specially childcare, child's education and accommodation.
Do you think 3 of us can live with this salary?
Thank you.
Where are you coming from?
Re: Is SGD 7500 enough for a family of 3 per month?
Posted: Wed, 17 Aug 2022 9:27 pm
by Lisafuller
JeffV wrote: ↑Wed, 17 Aug 2022 2:18 pm
Hi, I received a job offer from Singapore and thinking whether to accept it or not. The monthly salary is SGD 7500.
If I accept the offer, I will be moving to SG with my wife and 1.5 years old baby, so there is a lot to consider specially childcare, child's education and accommodation.
Do you think 3 of us can live with this salary?
Thank you.
Will need a lot more information to be able to give a useful answer. Where are you planning to live? Do you want a car? Where are you moving from?
Re: Is SGD 7500 enough for a family of 3 per month?
Posted: Wed, 17 Aug 2022 9:28 pm
by Lisafuller
singaporeflyer wrote: ↑Wed, 17 Aug 2022 3:08 pm
JeffV wrote: ↑Wed, 17 Aug 2022 2:18 pm
Hi, I received a job offer from Singapore and thinking whether to accept it or not. The monthly salary is SGD 7500.
If I accept the offer, I will be moving to SG with my wife and 1.5 years old baby, so there is a lot to consider specially childcare, child's education and accommodation.
Do you think 3 of us can live with this salary?
Thank you.
To be honest, no one can answer this. There are people who can live with 5K for 3 people and people who need 10-15K for 3 people. It depends on the quality and way of life that you follow.
Accommodation HDB - min 3K (whole unit)
Take that into consideration
Exactly. Whether or not a sum of money is livable is very subjective. Although I will say it is certainly possible to manage on far less.
Re: Is SGD 7500 enough for a family of 3 per month?
Posted: Wed, 17 Aug 2022 9:29 pm
by Lisafuller
smoulder wrote: ↑Wed, 17 Aug 2022 4:00 pm
There are people who manage on 3k a month with families of 5 and a car.
To be fair though they would not enjoy the same quality of life as a family that was smaller and living on much more. I think there’s definitely a difference between managing and thriving.
Re: Is SGD 7500 enough for a family of 3 per month?
Posted: Wed, 17 Aug 2022 9:55 pm
by smoulder
Lisafuller wrote: ↑Wed, 17 Aug 2022 9:28 pm
singaporeflyer wrote: ↑Wed, 17 Aug 2022 3:08 pm
JeffV wrote: ↑Wed, 17 Aug 2022 2:18 pm
Hi, I received a job offer from Singapore and thinking whether to accept it or not. The monthly salary is SGD 7500.
If I accept the offer, I will be moving to SG with my wife and 1.5 years old baby, so there is a lot to consider specially childcare, child's education and accommodation.
Do you think 3 of us can live with this salary?
Thank you.
To be honest, no one can answer this. There are people who can live with 5K for 3 people and people who need 10-15K for 3 people. It depends on the quality and way of life that you follow.
Accommodation HDB - min 3K (whole unit)
Take that into consideration
Exactly. Whether or not a sum of money is livable is very subjective. Although I will say it is certainly possible to manage on far less.
Who's to say? It's highly subjective.
Re: Is SGD 7500 enough for a family of 3 per month?
Posted: Wed, 17 Aug 2022 9:58 pm
by Lisafuller
smoulder wrote: ↑Wed, 17 Aug 2022 9:55 pm
Lisafuller wrote: ↑Wed, 17 Aug 2022 9:28 pm
singaporeflyer wrote: ↑Wed, 17 Aug 2022 3:08 pm
To be honest, no one can answer this. There are people who can live with 5K for 3 people and people who need 10-15K for 3 people. It depends on the quality and way of life that you follow.
Accommodation HDB - min 3K (whole unit)
Take that into consideration
Exactly. Whether or not a sum of money is livable is very subjective. Although I will say it is certainly possible to manage on far less.
Who's to say? It's highly subjective.
That’s what I just said. My point is just that in spite of the subjectivity, it’s a fact that it’s possible to make do on less than $7,500 a month.
Re: Is SGD 7500 enough for a family of 3 per month?
Posted: Thu, 18 Aug 2022 3:42 pm
by abbby
rents: HDB rent's probably $2k+ up,
condos $3k+ up per month
childcare: $1,000 - $1,600 on average/month
Minimally, I would think rent (cheapest) and childcare is approximately $3.5k - $4k per month. Not including food and transport.
Re: Is SGD 7500 enough for a family of 3 per month?
Posted: Fri, 19 Aug 2022 12:15 am
by Lisafuller
abbby wrote: ↑Thu, 18 Aug 2022 3:42 pm
rents: HDB rent's probably $2k+ up,
condos $3k+ up per month
childcare: $1,000 - $1,600 on average/month
Minimally, I would think rent (cheapest) and childcare is approximately $3.5k - $4k per month. Not including food and transport.
Agree. Food and transport should add up to another $800-$1000, conservatively speaking.
Re: Is SGD 7500 enough for a family of 3 per month?
Posted: Fri, 19 Aug 2022 9:12 am
by smoulder
https://services2.hdb.gov.sg/webapp/BR1 ... Search.jsp
I had to check the rental rates. It is possible to get HDBs just under 2k if you search hard enough.
Re: Is SGD 7500 enough for a family of 3 per month?
Posted: Fri, 19 Aug 2022 6:24 pm
by sundaymorningstaple
It would appear that JeffV may not be what he/she claims to be. Both Lisa and I before her requested more info regard nationality or last place living and haven't gotten any response to either query. A check on his IP addy would indicate that it's coming from Sri Lanka and the email username is indigenous to Sri Lanka AND there has been no response from said poster 3 days since his only post, I'm locking this thread so we don't waste any more time here.
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