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Is a weekly wage of €700 considered a 'resonably well paid job'?

  • 10-01-2013 01:20PM
    #1
    Tom_Cruise
    Closed Accounts Posts: 734 ✭✭✭Tom_Cruise


    After tax etc?


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  • #2
    EDDIE WATERS
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 853 ✭✭✭EDDIE WATERS


    Tom_Cruise wrote: »
    After tax etc?

    No tree fiddy is


  • #3
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 36,496 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    Ignoring any other factors, yes.


  • #4
    kulareggae
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 194 ✭✭kulareggae


    yes I would consider it well paid


  • #5
    Outkast_IRE
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,511 ✭✭✭Outkast_IRE


    Yes


  • #6
    listermint
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 35,676 ✭✭✭✭listermint


    I would think its a reasonable salary excluding other factors.


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  • #7
    davet82
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,753 ✭✭✭davet82


    €36,400 after tax a year is pretty decent in my book... why?


  • #8
    My name is URL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,626 ✭✭✭✭My name is URL


    Not for Tom Cruise


  • #9
    super_furry
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27,387 ✭✭✭✭super_furry


    A salary of €36,400 a year after tax is a very resonably well paid job.

    Unless your Dad's a partner in KPMG or something.


  • #10
    Maguined
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,247 ✭✭✭Maguined


    Not in KPMG.


  • #11
    daddymac90
    Site Banned Posts: 48 ✭daddymac90


    Tom_Cruise wrote: »
    After tax etc?

    yeaaaahhhhh budddy just don't get anyone up the duff


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  • #12
    MIRMIR82
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 658 ✭✭✭MIRMIR82


    Currently, its a GREAT wage, 5 years ago it was probably average :rolleyes:


  • #13
    Birneybau
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,450 ✭✭✭✭Birneybau


    EDDIE WATERS wrote: »
    No tree fiddy is

    This post can fcuk right off.

    Attacking the post, not the poster.


  • #14
    ITS_A_BADGER
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,232 ✭✭✭ITS_A_BADGER


    700 X 52 = 36,400 a year

    Thats a great wage i would be very happy with that!


  • #15
    longhalloween
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,207 ✭✭✭longhalloween


    What do people spend their money on?

    Back when I was working full time I'd spend no more than 250 a week, including food, bills, cinema and petrol and rent

    What do you's do with the rest?


  • #16
    flanders1979
    Closed Accounts Posts: 638 ✭✭✭flanders1979


    depends what you have to do to earn it


  • #17
    seamus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 68,173 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    longhalloween wrote: »
    What do you's do with the rest?
    Enjoy ourselves?

    €700/week is a very good wage, especially if you're single and with few debts.


  • #18
    daddymac90
    Site Banned Posts: 48 ✭daddymac90


    yeah it is decent..very good if your single no kids etc


  • #19
    krudler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,788 ✭✭✭✭krudler


    longhalloween wrote: »
    What do people spend their money on?

    Back when I was working full time I'd spend no more than 250 a week, including food, bills, cinema and petrol and rent

    What do you's do with the rest?

    Tax, insurance, day to day stuff that crops up, health costs? its always something


  • #20
    cojomo2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,219 ✭✭✭cojomo2


    longhalloween wrote: »
    What do people spend their money on?

    Back when I was working full time I'd spend no more than 250 a week, including food, bills, cinema and petrol and rent

    What do you's do with the rest?
    coke and hookers


  • #21
    tmc86
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,031 ✭✭✭tmc86


    600 is a fantastic weekly wage so if you'd like to donate the additional 100, i'd be more than willing to help out!

    can't believe we haven't had a "Thinly veiled..." post yet!


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  • #22
    super_furry
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27,387 ✭✭✭✭super_furry


    It'd be about what.....€45,000 gross?


  • #23
    seamus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 68,173 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    super_furry wrote: »
    It'd be about what.....€45,000 gross?
    €50k, more or less.


  • #24
    donegal.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,636 ✭✭✭donegal.


    longhalloween wrote: »
    What do people spend their money on?

    Back when I was working full time I'd spend no more than 250 a week, including food, bills, cinema and petrol and rent

    What do you's do with the rest?

    ahh i remember when this was all green fields... now its covered with very expensive buildings.


  • #25
    daddymac90
    Site Banned Posts: 48 ✭daddymac90


    longhalloween wrote: »
    What do people spend their money on?

    Back when I was working full time I'd spend no more than 250 a week, including food, bills, cinema and petrol and rent

    What do you's do with the rest?

    same..but add gym a night out,DIESEL and most importantly no rent :)


  • #26
    daddymac90
    Site Banned Posts: 48 ✭daddymac90


    daddymac90 wrote: »
    same..but add gym a night out,DIESEL and most importantly no rent :)

    and packets of johnathons


  • #27
    Sugar Free
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,639 ✭✭✭Sugar Free


    50k more or less as Seamus said, which I think for most people under 30 would be considered a reasonably well to very well paid job.


  • #28
    Dravokivich
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Music Moderators, Politics Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 22,424 CMod ✭✭✭✭Dravokivich


    eh... what's the job?


  • #29
    King of Kings
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,695 ✭✭✭King of Kings


    single person - yah
    supporting family on the wages alone - no.


    really depends on your commitments.


  • #30
    Czarcasm
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,076 ✭✭✭✭Czarcasm


    Tom_Cruise wrote: »
    After tax etc?

    A bit of context wouldn't have hurt! It really depends on who you ask, and what they do for a living! Someone flipping burgers for a living should hardly be on the same salary as a CEO with responsibility for 400 employees.


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  • #31
    seamus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 68,173 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    King of Kings wrote: »
    suporting family on the wages alone - no.
    Absolutely. I know a guy comfortably providing for a family of four on €35k a year. He has to commute 3 hours a day, but the point still stands.

    As you say, it depends on your commitments. So long as the guy on €50k has managed to avoid a large mortgage or stupid rent, he should be well able to look after a family on that wage.


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