Wages question

WestOzpara

Hello out there, Im an aussie whos married to an irish cotizen and we wish to move to ireland. im a paramedic and have been offered a job at 15 an hour.
I was wondering if this was an ok wage. Would I be able to live comfortably with my wife and child on this??
Thanks

Mrs OBumble

Very little has changed since you last asked this question: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=97008162

Except that rents have gone up a lot. In Dublin and many other places you simply could not afford to live on that unless the wife was working too.

And it depends on how many hours you get each week, too.

I suspect there's also a question of getting your qualification recognised: I'm guessing that maybe the private companies will let you work for them as a glorified taxi driver without this, and that is the reason for the low wage.

seamus

As said, very little has changed since the last time you asked

Rule of thumb to figure out a yearly salary is to multiply the hourly wage by 2,000. So that's roughly €30k a year.

The average wage here is around €35k and the average household income around 45k.

So you'll earn less than the average wage and assuming your wife won't be working, about a third less than the average household income.

Can you live on it? Sure. You can find a small house in a rural town that's not too expensive to rent. After that you'll be well able to afford food and such.

But if you've been offered a job in any of the cities, Dublin especially, expect a very long commute from any properties in your price range, i.e. 1- 1.5 hours each way at a minimum.

Geuze

It's below average.

With Dublin's high rents, 600 pw gross to support three people would not mean a comfortable life, no.

Mycroft H

WestOzpara wrote: »

Hello out there, Im an aussie whos married to an irish cotizen and we wish to move to ireland. im a paramedic and have been offered a job at 15 an hour.
I was wondering if this was an ok wage. Would I be able to live comfortably with my wife and child on this??
Thanks

Paramedics should be on more than 15 euro an hour. I know of private EMTs who are on more than that.

Useful little tool here - http://www.publicpolicy.ie/where-do-you-fit-in/

Based on extrapolating to €30k p/a, 2 adults with a single child you receive this;

YOU!
Based on your annual net household income of €30,000 with 2 adults and 1 dependent child, your equivalised income is €15,075.38.

How you compare
You are better off than 36% of the population.
You are worse off than 64% of households.

Elessar

Stay where you are mate. Pre hospital care here is a race to the bottom and it is not seen as the good, respected role it is in Australia. Unless you can get into the national service, but even then pay is abysmal. You're much better off in OZ IMO.