Very interesting video, hard to wrap one's head around the modest salaries and prices since I'm living in Canada and my salary and costs are significantly more. Sounds like Russia is very affordable for me to visit after the conversion. Appreciate the information!
27000 рублей - такую зарплату возможно получают в деревнях. Но не забывайте, там люди заводят свиней, выращивают фрукты и овощи, поэтому дома питаются полностью своими продуктами. Или продают мясо на рынке, например. Девушка лукавит. В городах зарплата гораздо выше. 60000-150000 рублей.
@@vryabenko лукавлю? скажите, куда вам скрин за тот месяц скинуть - скину, увидите всё сами. При ставке 130 р/час 60К на той моей работе получить было НЕРЕАЛЬНО
@@natyrusa , повторюсь, можно найти при желании и 15000 рублей (самая низкая зарплата). Если Вы не ищете лучших путей для жизни, то зачем свой пример приводите как типичный для всей России. Ваши "умения" получать такую зарплату не относятся к среднестатистическому работнику. Я тоже могу ничего не делать и говорить на каждом углу, что мне не платят. Меняйте свою жизнь. Кстати, если Вы думаете, что в Америке для Вас будет лучше, Вы глубоко ошибаетесь.
@@vryabenko я ни словом не обмолвилась, что мой пример типичный, я рассказывала чисто про свою зарплату за один только месяц. Всё. И я поменяла, не переживайте. Уже месяц, как на другой работе.
This is interesting stuff, I really enjoyed it. Your planning of your expenditures. I lived in Russia-Moscow so I know what I’m talking about.hats off to you Ma’am
I work in Chinese university and get around 1300$ per month free apartment, once a year free international travel and summer vacation 2 months and winter vacation 2 months paid vacations, 16 hours a week, anything more is double rate
@@China786 is nothing strange .When my brother in low has told me thet , he has 2000$ per month and the same conditions like you have and all the time he was talking about own poverty when in my country salary was about 800$ for 42 hour a week .I have recognised him as lazy man .
Mine first ever no expirience starting positionngob is 1st line of tech support, basically dispatcher. My salary is 58 + bonuses 10% + a little more for working at nights and in holidays. In general i get like 63-70 and sometime even 80k. I consider it lower than i could have with my skills, so i looking for the different place. For moscow 60 is average for someone with education on startng position, vut lots of people that i know having 100k+ and that is where i am going to. Also i living with parents since sppartment os 1/3 in my property and pay 1/3 of house Hold bills. Also i provide my smaller sister with 8k every mounth. Mostly she buy books and snacks that i consider too expensive
Thanks for the video I loved it. I live in the United States and I pay minus food $1550.00 a month. And out of that I pay $750.00 and my wife pays 750.00. We made a deal in the being of our relationships that her money is her money and mine was my money. We been together 20 years and it works. Thanks again for the video it was very interesting.
I get paid 1,600 British Pounds every 4 weeks working a basic office job in a small English town, which equals 187,110.62 roubles. My rent is £600 (70,166.48 roubles). Bills like water/electricity/gas/council tax are £300 (35,083.24). This leaves me £700 (81,860.90) for food and doing things with my girlfriend every month. Just a little comparison for you from a UK viewer.
In Chelabynsk oblast average salary is 50,034RUB, that's $543. But it's for the entire oblast, my guess is that the number for the city is higher. She should quit your job and find another better-paid one: I visited the website superjobs ru, there are a lot of job ads on that website. In Chelabynsk there 12527 job ads. Out of those 5875 jobs are for the salary from 35k RUB to 60k RUB, 2947 jobs from 60k RUB to 85k, 1560 from 85k RUB to 110k, 1213 from 110k RUB to 135k, 932 from 135k RUB. That what I've read. I know Chelabynsk is an industrial city, I guess with mostly heavy industry. Companies like Mechel offer jobs for 50k RUB salary and above. I found Mechel offers 84 jobs on that website.
I traveled to Russia in April 24th. Just came back to the States. I've made a point to live on 300 rubels for 3 days. 300 rubels =3 dollars. Transportation was paid in advance already for the entire month. Ie 30O rubels were for the food only. As a result , based on what I bought, it lasted for 3 days . Ie , there's no way to live in New York on $3, but in Moscow being frugal, one can go without being hungry on 300 rubels.
@@markodeser6748 Salaries greatly depending on the field in which a person works and depending on the regions. In Moscow people earn more, but renting will cost more too. Couriers (without a car) can earn in Moscow about 40-50k roubles on average. It doesn't depend on the military budget. Moreover, wages are increasing a little bit faster than prices at food now.
In my country, India, Only Government employees can get pension, on retirement. Health Care bills are extremely high. One serious ailment can drain out life long saving. Moreover during our youth most of the women were not employed. Education, Transport bills excessively high. Food bills are cheaper because cooking done at home. Usually we don't drink. Russia is steel a State in our dreams. In India the employment rate is extremely low. Only 5- 10 % of youths get proper employment.
This was fascinating. I have subscribed. I live in UK and we call the monthly contribution to a building, a sinking fund. For roof maybe. I will keep an eye out for more videos, and look up where you live. Great video
Hello from Austria, we are a two person household with €2.800 + €1.600 of income and we have the following monthly costs: rent €550 (incl. utilities), food €300, internet/communication €32, car insurance €55, car fuel €50, car maintenance 50€, electricity €31, bank €10, TV €20, other insurances €30. So the fixed costs are €1.128 in total. Note that we have one small and fuel efficient car. Since it is a used car we put back €50 monthly to cover the costs of the yearly service. It is also worth noting that rent could be way higher, but we live in the middle of nowhere so it's rather cheap. And regarding food prices, we always buy it at discount or at special offers in larger quantities. If we would buy all of our food for regular price it would be double or even triple the amount. So as you see there are many ways to cut expenses, we operate pretty much on the low end of the spectrum.
Do you pay income tax on this amount? In Russia, income tax and social tax are paid by the employer before paying wages, so the employee only has to pay property tax, if any, and car tax, if any.
Hi / Privet ... I'm August living in Holland. I find it quite sad to see how you meet the Financial ends. I've visited Russia 4X shortly after breakdown. Russia is Great Fantastic country. I'm Holland Government have many financial pots to subsidize civilizations. My average salary is €3200. In Holland poverty is on high level. In Holland one can apply for cuts and SprayPay and all kinds of subsidies. Small country but rich. I wish you Good Luck. God Bless 🙏
Hi August, in Netherlands if you make 4500 euro per month, someone told me it is considered a "high salary"? But it does not seem to be a lot of money. Do people who make 4500 euro per month get government assistance?
@@dikvandersar6267 Actually, if you don't have a house bought years ago with a cheap mortgage or a government apartment and you are single it can be pretty rough to get accommodation in a big city like The Hague. I am divorced and my ex and my son live in Delft so I wanted to be close to my son and I live also here. Me with a salary of 2800, I cannot find anything so I live with a friend. I am from Poland and I live far better in Poland with the same kind of job than in The Hague just because of housing, health insurance or car costs or food. Crime not to mention. Older people live quite well but the younger generation has a rough time, it is more difficult than in my hometown Olsztyn in Poland where you earn in normal job 1200e but you have accommodation for 400e, cheap car, cheap food, free university, free public transport if you are young, free healthcare. I don´t know how long I will manage to be here it is a disaster with the prices but I do it for my son.
Thanks for shedding a light on how you manage the day to day life with your salary. What about the housing cost? I assume you perhaps own an apartment therefore you don't have to pay rent. Say if you were to be paying the rent, how much would that be per month? I would also assume that the pay scale would vary very differently from city to city as the cost of living is different therefore it would be nice if you could provide your sudience with a bit of context, otherwise it doesn't make much sense. Thanks
Here, rent prices are absolutely different. They depend on a neighborhood, on a building type, on an apartment condition etc. We have a website called Avito. You can search for Avito Chelyabinsk and look for all the renting ads. You will see different types of apartments and different prices.
I find it crazy that especially coffee is not much cheaper than here but the salaries are several times lower. Coffee used to be a luxury item in the past but it seems it still is, in some countries.
@@SharnLugonn it depends on the coffee. If I buy ordinary cappuccino in a coffee bar, it will be 180 rub ($2). If I buy cappuccino with different additional supplements (syrup+topping+cream+something else) in a luxury cafe, then it will be 2 or 2,5 times more expensive.
Спасибо, мадам for your interesting living costs presentation. If you don’t already do so, I suggest you do regular bookkeeping and register monthly income and costs, also for coming months. Prioritize - what is essential and among disposable funds what deserves priority. From my perspective there is a fair amount of fluff in your spending, but then again there are extra costs as a working gal, while I am retired. FYI in Turku, FI my monthly pension is about 1430 €, while rent is 670 € and food costs 300 €. From the remainder I also donate to good causes and the needy. Health being so vital, it’s good to find out causes for dis-ease (backache or whatever). Is it lack of proper nutrition or regular exercise, etc, and to set about remedying that! There are many ways to “stretch” money: plan ahead, cook your own meals and take to work, make use of thrift shops and free cultural events, etc. Удачи!
Specialty coffee is so cheap in Russia, I am surprised. In Bulgaria, a regular espresso would go for €2 in a very basic café. Specialty coffee is anything between €7 and €10. (Surely though, if you want to indulge in expensive coffees, there are cafeterias where you can get a great - and expensive - coffee for around €50)
But it doesn't mean that everybody gets paid exactly with this sum. Someone gets higher, someone gets lower. My average salary now is 30-35 k. I can't get more, because 1 hour at work is 130 rub. I can't work at night to get 50k
@@natyrusa You should quit your job and find another better-paid one: I visited the website superjobs ru, there are a lot of job ads on that website. In Chelabynsk there 12527 job ads. Out of those 5875 jobs are for the salary from 35k RUB to 60k RUB, 2947 jobs from 60k RUB to 85k, 1560 from 85k RUB to 110k, 1213 from 110k RUB to 135k, 932 from 135k RUB. That what I've read. I know Chelabynsk is an industrial city, I guess with mostly heavy industry. Do companies like Mechel offer jobs for 50k RUB salary and above? I would say yes. I found Mechel offers 84 jobs on that website. I am from Serbia and I would love to visit Yekaterinburg and Chelabynsk. 😁
russia also has very high income inequality, no strong middle class. Also salaries between different regions can be wildly different in 100s of %, for comparison here in Lithuania Vilnius and Vilnius area got highest salaries but it's only like 15% higher than the national average.
@@Firespirit233 yeah apartments in Lisbon have been soaring but a lot of people opt for sharing them. thats what im doing and i pay 120 euros, though I live in another city.
Thank you. You know, yesterday I got a comment from a RUSSIAN man. He said, my English is terrible 😄 Well, I learned it completely by myself and practiced it with natives online. I still have an online friend from those times.
@@natyrusa I see, I learn english by myself as well :) I think that man is just jelaous of you haha, anyway, don't pay attention and take such hateful comments seriously, you're doing great in english, keep it up!
@@natyrusadon’t listen to that guy. Your English is good, especially having learnt it yourself. I have Ben trying to learn Korea for the past two years, and I can’t get anywhere 😅
I am retired and receive a pension of 860 euros. My wife still works and earns 2400 euros, but we couldn't live on that here in Germany. Luckily, I have paid off my house and saved enough money that we still receive 10,000-15,000 euros in dividends per year. These are taxed at 25% and only 7500-11250 euros remain per year. We use these dividends to pay all additional expenses. such as filling up the oil tank for the heating once a year. Car and building insurance, gifts and whatever is left goes on vacation. If something breaks in the house or, like now, a car needs to be repaired, the vacation is forgone.
@@natyrusa I see it differently, after over 40 years of work, it shouldn't be a luxury. to have a car, vacation and a house. What else have you lived for? just for work and you also want to leave something to your children. Unfortunately, everything has become so expensive in the last two years. I used to pay 100 euros for electricity, now it's 249 euros and 400 euros was enough for food, now it's over 800. Heating from 80 to 300 euros per month. Inflation and the sanctions against Russia are killing us.
I am in Florida USA where I have a friend who is a welder. He makes $20 USD per hour and works some 50 hours per week. His income after tax is about $750 USD per week. He lives in like a long-term motel room and pays $425 USD per week for the room. His room rent includes the utilities (water, electricity, etc). He used to have a car payment but then a friend gave him a used car to make his life a bit easier so now he just needs to pay for car insurance (some $600 USD per 6 months). He has been wanting to get his own apartment but the rent for a 1 bedroom here is like $1500-$2000 USD per month. And that is just for the rent, so on top of that he would also have to pay electricity, water, sewer, and maybe some other things like renter's insurance.
Your total salary is equal to 25000 Indian rupees with forex conversion rates. By Indian standards you are spending too much, without any savings. With a low salary, you are living a unsustainable luxury life like having a 160 rubles cofee every day. Try to avoid luxury spends and make savings.
Russians have the luxury of receiving guaranteed pension ( indexed to inflation ) which we Indians don't have ( unless you are working in a Govt. company). Also they have free medical care in Govt. Hospitals. Also Huge Govt. subsidy for having children. Hence for us Indians , Savings are extremely critical for survival and tackling emergency situations. Not so much for Russians.
In Russia we normally own apartments, property tax is low and paid once per year, property insurance is not obligatory and really low, utilities/electricity/internet/phone bills are times lower than in the west, medicine and education - completely free, food - 95% produced locally and thus cost cheaply, entertainment - affordable, no need to own a car as public transportation is omniprésent, safe and affordable. You can really enjoy you low to modest income life in Russia.
In Russia we normally own apartments, property tax is low and paid once per year, property insurance is not obligatory and really low, utilities/electricity/internet/phone bills are times lower than in the west, medicine and education - completely free, food - 95% produced locally and thus cost cheaply, entertainment - affordable, no need to own a car as public transportation is omniprésent, safe and affordable. You can really enjoy you low to modest income life in Russia.
@@MrSarkardipnot free health carre , they pay part of income but this money employer takes before paying salarys .😮On this earth even death is not free.
Hello from Romania, I just married a Russian lady, in december 2023 and I know very well, from her, how is life in Russia. She is from Moscow, where the salaries are bigger than in other cities. Her salary was 500 Euro. What I want to say is that when she comes here in Romania, she still thought as being in Moscow and when I went to the market she wrote me a list with what to buy and it was like this: - three tpmatoes; - two peppers, - half a kilogram of cherries - few onions etc. I told her that here nobody is doing like this, we are buying kilograms of something. Ans then she explained me that she couldn't afford to buy kilograms and the rest that you've explained very well in your video. Such a pity that a country such reach in oil, gas, minerals, technology, cannot offer (...for the moment) a better life to it's inhabitants. My wife explained me which are the main reasons (mafia, corruption, oligarchs, etc.). You are producing a lot of goodies, but most of them are being routed direct to export, for big money by the mafiots who captured Russia like an octopus. I wish you all the best and keep you hope alive. Better days will come, that's for sure !!
Thank you for your comment. Let me also explain you something. About kilos. I don't need to buy kilos of vegetables, because it's too much. I don't want them to get spoiled. About rich country. It's rich, okay, but I get my salary not from a country, but just from another person. So, our oil, gas, minerals don't affect my salary at all. There's no connection between them and the amount of our school clients.
Yes. Nearly all videos by both Russians and non Russians about Russia fail to include this historical fact into their accounts and perspective on Russia... Russians COULD be 10 times richer if it were not for the fact that during the dissolution of the USSR; 100+ thieving corrupt oligarchs bought up over 90% of the wealth of Russia... AND the subsequent fact: That Putin has protected these filthy rich billionaires for over 20 years... AND that as a result of this, the entire Russian govt and military became even more corrupt than it was during the USSR.
Yes: exactly. All the economic statistics and figures that shows Russia to be a rich country have absolutely nothing to do with the welfare of the Russian people. This a huge misunderstanding by western people. Russia is is two separate states: One are the ordinary people. The other are the criminal mafia govt and oligarchs and police state thugs. As Natyrusa said; there's no connections between them
Thank you very much for your video :) What city/region do you live in? There must be a great difference in income between e.g. Moscow and smaller cities.
As a Moscow dweller I can tell you that the income difference is very significant. A typical paraprofessional office worker salary in Moscow ranges from 30 - 70 thousand, depending on your experience and place of work. Middle-class income in a professional sphere is anywhere from 60 - 500 thousand. Just for reference, a bus ticket in Moscow costs 65 rubles. A taxi ride is typically around 1000 rubles within city limits, but can vary anywhere from 400 - 3000 depending on distance, time of day, weather, etc. A weekly trip to a grocery store for one person is around 2000 rub. A comfortable, stress-free middle class life is around 150 thousand rubles a month if you own property. And for renters it's about 220 thousand. Obviously, these figures are only an estimate based on my own experience in Moscow and I'm sure they vary from person to person :)
It was a reply to Adrian's question on the difference between Moscow and regional prices. I've been to other cities in Russia, and many of them are not that different from Moscow when it comes to prices, but I've never visited Chelyabinsk, seems like prices are a bit lower there based on your video. Very informative, thank you )@@natyrusa
Hello from Chicago ILLinois. This video popped up on my feed so I thought I would watch it. I enjoyed this video as I am always interested in what it costs the average person. What do you do for work? I am going to watch your other videos and subscribe to your channel.
@@davidsalinas1628 hi, thank you 🤗 When I filmed this video, I worked as an administrator in a private school of the English language in my city Chelyabinsk 😊
I am surprised that you don't mention any rent for your apartment. Do you own it? And if so, I have not quite understood the costs for maintainance, electricity, water, heating and so on. And these costs depend a lot - as far as I have noticed - on where you live. So, if I have not misunderstood your calculation, this would be valuable information. Otherwise, thanks for this information and all the best.
Hi. I have my own apartment, yes. And the thing is, I don't pay every month. Before I paid 12 000 rubles of my debts for utilities, but it wasn't that month that I made the video about. Btw, you're still one and only who noticed that 😜
@@natyrusa Natalya, when you say that you "don't pay every month", is that because you do not have to pay every month? Or is it that you do not pay every month because you need to save money?
@@melorca1962 because sometimes I don't have enough money to pay, yeah. At my last work we had a huge salary delay. For example, I received my April salary just in the middle of June.
Я, честно говоря, не понимаю, почему в начале видео говорится о январе, а потом - о марте) И я не понимаю, почему нельзя купить пачку печенья и упаковку кофе, и делать все это на работе) я думаю, даже принести электрический чайник и купить сироп и взбитые сливки было бы дешевле, чем такие походы в кофейню) Хотя какая разница, что я думаю)
Про январь говорится, потому что я для видео взяла январскую зарплату. Если вы имеете в виду, что под звёздочкой на экране был написан март - я снимала видео в марте и так как я переводила в доллары по текущему курсу, я отметила, что в момент записи видео курс доллара был такой-то. Вы это имели в виду, когда упомянули март? Кофе у нас на работе было, но что поделать, люблю я иногда заглядывать в кофейни))
I am a heavy equipment mechanic in Canada. pre tax I make in Rubles, 3,107.76 per hour 24,888.53 per day 124,551.89 per week After taxes I make in rubles, 2,141.12 per hour 17,123.35 rubles per day and 85,691.17 per week If I was younger and more ambitious I could make as much 8,500,000 and 10,000,000 rubles pre tax per year if I wanted to. I know this might sound like a lot of money to some people but where I live and with current inflation and cost of living it's enough to live on but not great.
@@natyrusa All prices are in Rubles per month . Rent for apartment 148,836.24 Electricity is between 23,223.54 and 37,157.67. Water and natural gas is roughly 23,220.79 Television,phone and internet 9,951.05. Food is around 66,312.70. Car insurance for 1 car and 1 motorcycle is 11,950.56. Gas for car is roughly 5,298.51 per week
Right now May 30 2024 gas is 103.90 per liter. I used to have a pick up truck that had a 140 liter gas tank I would fill that two to three times a month if I still had that that would be between 27,012.16 and 40,518.24 we are getting eaten alive by inflation
Russia is the biggest Landmass and has the biggest stockpile of natural resources on the entire planet yet citizens does seems to struggle. Leaders have failed biggly. But thanks for the insight. Great video!
I admire the leadership of Russia who did their best for Russia under difficult circumstances put on them from abroad. Russians are brave admirable people. ❤ Them!
Wow! Your cost of living is so low! My take home pay(net pay after taxes) is about $7000.00/month, and we have nearly nothing in savings. We live in the country. Our housing cost is $755.00/ month, utilities is about $250.00/month, our travel expenses for driving in our local area is about $300.00/month, I work 1850 miles from home and travel that distance 2 times a month for about $700.00 a month, travel around the town where I work costs about $60.00 a month. We are raising 3 grandchildren so clothing, food, Internet, school functions are at least $1500.00-$2000.00 a month. We have a car note of $550.00/month, we are buying a camper for $420.00/month . We have other miscellaneous bills as well.
@@natyrusa Even if we weren't raising the grandkids it's still a huge difference. I guess it all balances out. I make a lot more money, but your expenses are much lower.
@@natyrusa Well and I have the right to express my opinion, don't you think so? I know in this respect Russia is different to most countries in the world. Expressing your opinion can lead to prison or to death. But I guess, you're okay with that. Your problem!
Interesting video, I don't count my expenses and I can't say how much I spend, but I'm happy because it means that my income is higher than my expenses, I don't know how much money I have left from my salary because the money accumulates from previous months. I earn from USD 1,600 net, but there are months when it is more. Prices in Poland are higher than yours.I have my own house, I have no rental costs, only water, electricity, heating... and I have no loan.Is your earnings normal in Russia? It seems low to me , Russians on vacation in Turkey or Egypt do not look poor.
Forgive my ignorance, I always thought a country so rich in valuable resources the income level would be many times higher. I am very surprised to learn the average salary in Russia but it’s good to know. Thank you.
Hi there, €4500 is a lot of money. Category of specialists and Directors. The salary system is involved in a complex system of Tax and insurance. With such a high there's no Gov subsidy. Holland also has a system called "generating" money or simply already make money on a yearly basis. Almost no one knows about this, they simply live, .. eat, sleep make party 🥳 fun.
Тут я совершенно не согласен. Если работать официально то даже у нас меньше 100 тысяч в месяц не выходит, выходит больше. Хочу сказать мы живем не в богатом городе, но у нас даже нет зарплаты в 30 тысяч
@@Обзоригр-ф4ь ну, молодцы, что. А у меня на той работе ставка была 130 рублей в час. Остальное надбавки. В самые активные месяцы (осень), когда новые ученики шли, зарплата была 36 500(октябрь), 39 800 (ноябрь), декабрь/январь уже меньше 30-ти были, потом февраль и март по 32к, апрель и май по 29, июнь+первая неделя июля почти 37к, да и то я их до сих пор не получила, потому что у нас весной как раз начались задержки ЗП по полтора месяца. Уже месяц, как там не работаю и когда вот июньские деньги получу, не знаю. Не удивлюсь, если уже только в сентябре. А вот смысл вашего "не согласен" непонятен. Не согласен с чем? С тем, что я за январь столько получила? Ну, тут как бы ваше согласие / не согласие роли никакой не играет.
занимательная математика. моя пенсия 12000 рублей. два месяца назад была куплена видеокарта за 35000 рублей. в прошлом месяце были приобретены новые кроссовки, за 18000 рублей и новые штаны карго на лето за 8000 рублей. кондиционер, два компьютера с 5 мониторами жрут около 400квт в жаркие месяцы. у меня нет кредитов и нет долгов. так и живём. можно сказать выживаем в экономике порванной Обамой в клочья 🤫😁
@@西口公子 ну, тут разные варианты: вы либо подрабатываете или у вас какой-то ещё постоянный источник дохода, либо накопили, либо вам кто-то помогает деньгами
это написано чисто озадачить или позабавить. мой случай скорее исключение, чем правило. у меня никого нет. а так в общем что то из разряда "мошенники украли у бабушки 2 миллиона рублей". или что то вроде этого на основе логики, прагматизма, знаний и аскетизма, с учетом что я так живу всю жизнь. нет желания подробно описывать как это. таков путь. 🤣
I pay monthly 35 Euro for Internet connection and for my mobile I pay 5 Euro as fixed charge plus the outgoing calls which can be an additional amount of 10-20 Euro. I pay for electricity 0.35 Euro per Kwh. Total amount depends on the consumption.
My salary in Lithuania is ~2500€ per month (office job), my wife works at a hospital for 3000-4000€ per month depending on the schedule - nights, weekends and holidays got like double rate or so. We spend ~600€ for mortgage (new 3 bedroom apartment in the capital), utility bills are another 200€ or so, we pay fixed 5€ rate for electricity as we've purchased 3kW of a solar park so we're only paying for using the grid, we also invest 1000€ per month into shares (important thing many people overlook). We spend little on fuel as I cycle all year round and we have some nice infrastructure for that, my wife mostly uses public transport to get to work. That leaves us say 3000-4000€ for food, savings, travel, sports etc. and we often just trade money for time by taking unpaid vacations (I get 20 days paid vacation per year, my wife gets 30 or so). I must say I am extremely glad that we escaped russian occupation, hopefully russians will escape putler's regime soon too.
@@jorislal thank you for your comment (except your last words, because 1) our President last name is another one 2) it's our right to choose him even if other countries don't like him; we choose him for us, not for others)
@@natyrusa sorry but I can't call a genocidal fascist terrorist anything other than that. His position in the world is the same as Hitler's was therefore he's putler. If russians chose him or not is a whole different topic due to russia not having free and fair elections for a long time, opposition can't even participate as it's either removed, jailed or killed. That's why his official occupation is a dictator, not a president.
@@EtArcadiaego we never talk brutto wages in Lithuania, you never see it, often don't even know what it is unless you check your contract :P I know that before my last raise my bruto salary was 3636eur
It's payment into a "sinking fund" for future major repairs. My daughter's apartment building recently needed a new roof, and it was paid for from the "sinking fund". They're called various things in different countries.
Good evening madam, infect I really appreciate the way you explain things, THANKS YOU. I am a Ghanaian from Africa and I will be there by this year June, 2024. I really like the way you have explain things about the cost of living there, can I please get your contact so I will give you a call when I arrived THANK YOU
Hello I am wondering what your occupation is in Russia? Would you say you are a typical Russian based on income and lifestyle. I understand if this is too personal for you to answer. Thanks
Hi. When I filmed that video I was an administrator in a private school of the English language. And I can't say that my income is typical, because everybody get paid differently. Even at my last and current workplaces, there are no people with absolutely the same income. Even if we all work in the same office, we all get paid differently.
This good lady has no children to take care of, and she says nothing about healthcare costs. She says nothing about household appliances and cars which cost much more than in the US or Europe due to logistics and import duties. She lives in her own apartment, most likely provided by her parents, so she doesn't need a life-long bank loan for a roof above her head. It is just daily sustenance for a very modest single person.
Hi. I spent some money for a drugstore and I mentioned that in the video. I didn't mention about household appliances, because I took money from my savings, not from my salary. I don't have a car. And yes, it's my own apartment that was provided by my grandma, not by my parents.
I think you should stop wasting your time on vlogging or whatever and invest it into finding a good job and building a career! I know what I am talking about: I lived in Russia till I was 45 and had probably 10 different jobs: starting from a physicist in the early 1990-ies and being a plant manager at the time I left for another country 20 years later (which I kind of regret now). Stop surviving and start living: you are in your home country after all, there are no excuses!
I work in the united kingdom as a truck driver, and make £2800 per month for comparison. This is before any overtime and is for a standard 40 hours. My overtime is 1.5 x pay. Often get an extra 10 hours a week overtime equating to around £240 a week ( Extra 1k a month). In total can make around £4,000 a month which is 450,503.14 rubles.
@@shadowz7356 wow, this amount of money is a salary of the heads of big companies here. Also, 450-600K rubles is a price of one-room apartment in small Russian towns. I just checked.
@@natyrusa A cheap apartment in England (in a cheap place) will probably cost you around £50,000. 10x Wage 10x price. Also another thing I notice while visiting Kaliningrad, food and clothing is generally the same price as in the UK and other products but fuel on the other hand is a lot cheaper and your electricity and gas. Petrol was around 45-50 rubles and in england it'd around £1.40-50 per litre. One thing I couldn't rap my head around was that Russians in apartments have the heating running 24/7 and when they get to hot, they just open the windows haha. In the UK people are watching the clock and are scared of turning the heating on for 1-2 hours per day.
@@shadowz7356 I really don't know anything about prices in Kaliningrad, so I can't compare out with my city at all. Btw, we can also control our heating (in post-soviet buildings only), but it doesn't matter, because we pay for the whole month, not for hours.
Why don't you get a monthly public transportation subscribtion: it costs less than 1200₽ monthly in Chelyabinsk from what I have found ("цена проездного билета на общественный транспорт месячно в Челябинске")?! You'd pay a third of your current transportation expenses! Finally, you're eating out all the time and having luxurious coffees, which is quite uncommon -and unsurprisingly pricy! From what I can see, prices relative to minimum wage are lower for ordinary goods like food, transportation, internet and telecom than in France, yet far more expensive for luxury goods like massage and top-notch coffee. The huge difference is that here, taxes are high and rents and commodities eat up over a third of one's budget
Well, I had luxurious coffee just twice that month. About transportation, I don't always use buses. I use route buses (or marshrutkas) more often. A transportation subscription doesn't work with them. I prefer a marshrutka, because then I get to work or home twice faster.
@@natyrusa Ok. Interesting overview in any case. It would have been meaningful to know how many times exactly you ate out for the total of 50usd. In any case, I don't know how well-off or bad-off you feel, but you spend a higher share of income on "luxuries"/pleasure than myself or a Frenchman making roughly 1,5 times the minimum wage, except if I count my car and the quite high associated costs as mostly a luxury because I currently use it mostly for leisure.
Even in Ukraine you can't leave with that, workers even in doors factory earn at least 600eur per month, even alcoholics that made steel constructions. 5 years ago they wanted even 1000eur per month normal masters
@@natyrusa I just told you prices for workforce in Ukraine. I were thinking Russian salarys are higher. By the way I think you are courageous, where are you living in Russia ? Do you plan to open a Boosty Account
@@ivogalabov1973 come on, people, who want to be rich, are rich. They have their own companies or high positions at work, so everything is possible. I also can find a job with 5× my current salary, but I like my workplace.
А почему у вас такая маленькая зарплата ? Кем вы работаете и в каком городе ? Так сколько плата за квартиру в месяц ?????Что вы все ходите вокруг да около. Да меня вообще не интересует сколько вы тратите на кофе. Кто то пьёт кофе кто то не пьёт. Всех интересует ( кто живёт за пределами России ) обязательные платы . Телефон , транспорт , интернет , и главное плата за квартиру. А у вас получился ролик ниочём.
мой ролик чисто о тратах за тот месяц, про который я рассказывала. Насчёт зарплаты можете сами посчитать: 130 р/час (была администратором в маленьком центре анлийского языка в Челябинске), работа 6-дневка, пн-чт с 10 до 20, пт с 16 до 20, сб с 10 до 13. Плюс это был январь, насколько помню, то есть 10 нерабочих дней, плюс, как я уже на видео сказала, я болела на зимних каникулах и первую рабочую неделю постоянно отпрашивалась в поликлинику, а это ещё минус несколько рабочих часов чуть ли не каждый день. В январе вышло 27 349, в феврале 32 481, в марте 32 135, в апреле 29 023, в мае 29 992, июнь + 1 неделя июля 29 955, но я это только в середине августа получу. Про квартиру не включила информацию, потому что я не каждый месяц за неё плачу (не хватает денег), а видео было показать конкретные расходы за конкретный месяц. Если считаете, что ролик ни о чём - ну, ок, это чисто ваше мнение. Был бы ни о чём - у него не было бы столько просмотров и столько комментариев.
@@natyrusa Хорошо. Я живу за границей и не знаю сколько люди тратят на квартиру. Тогда задам такой вопрос : " сколько стоит плата за квартиру в месяц в Челябинске" ?
@@natyrusa Your english is obiviously very good. 👍. In China English is a mandatory subject just like Chinese, and we got to learn it all the way from primary school to high school and university. Can't believe it. Do russian students got to learn some foreign langguage in basic education period, like middle school or high school? By the way, in russia, how's general public's opinion about expatriates? If some froeigners (for example chinese) moved in your community how would you feel? Would you treat them just like your other russian neighbors or would you feel upset?
@@Jin-us1zp students here also learn English from the 2d grade, but first, many of them don't understand why they need English. Second, if people don't use English in their lives, they forget everything. For example, among my ex-classmates only I speak English pretty well and another girl who moved to the USA. Among my ex-groupmates from college just one more girl speaks English really good, because she's an English teacher right now. And that's all! About neighbours. It's whatever for me which nationality they are if they're good and kind people.
@@БьярмГипербореев это не от города зависит, а от организации. Ещё и задержки по полтора месяца и более. Я в начале июля оттуда ушла, а свои деньги за июнь до сих пор получить не могу - денег на рабочей карте, блин, нет.
@@natyrusa я не понимаю какое надо иметь образование но знать англичанский что бы к 40 годам работать в таких организациях и жить в таких городах как Челябинск и не иметь сбережений минимум лет на 5... Неужели ещё к 25-30 годам не понять что надо менять в своей жизни либо место жительства либо сферу деятельности!
@@БьярмГипербореев вот как раз проработав до 35 лет по своему образованию педагогом, меня от этого до того затошнило, что просто захотелось поменять на что-то другое. А тут и дети рядом были, но мне их не надо было обучать. Я душой отдыхала на этой работе, так что не понимаете вы только потому, что не знаете ничего обо мне, вот и всё. Мне ваши нравоучения не нужны.
My income in dollars at the current exchange rate is 1300. This is about 120,000 rubles. Your salary of 6 or 10 thousand rubles is simply ridiculous and I think you are lying. Your dollar exchange rate is clearly overvalued. There have never been 109 rubles per dollar. A stable rate is 85-90 rubles. If you work for such a salary and know English, then something is clearly wrong with you. You are building a picture for foreigners in one color.
@@Вася_Петров во-первых, я смотрела курс доллара в конкретный день, когда редактировала видео. Во-вторых, не верите насчёт зарплаты (а вас тут таких немало) - высылайте или почту или что ещё, мне не в лом выслать свои таблицы с зарплатой, сами увидите расчёты. Или ищите меня в телеге по ссылке под этим видео - могу тоже скрины кинуть, где сами увидите, что ставка 130 р/ч, а выше определённого количества часов в день не прыгнешь, потому что отдыхать тоже надо. А насчёт "building a picture", я рассказывала о конкретно своей и только своей зарплате, не обобщая никого и ничего и не говоря, что это якобы среднестатистическая зарплата.
@@Вася_Петров а, да, и я только сейчас обратила внимание: с чего вы взяли, что моя зарплата 6-10 тысяч рублей? Просто когда её по частям директор выплачивает, она иногда дробит её на мелкие части. Потому что сколько есть на рабочей карте на данный момент - столько она и может выплатить.
@@natyrusa ну те , которые вам доказывают что вы ленивая . .., поэтому так мало зарабатываете, или наоборот те, которые "жалеют" (ах какая богатая страна и нищие люди, надо свергать режим и тому подобное от представителей соседней страны и сочувствующих.
@@leoniddelanov понятно)) Знали бы только они, что эта "ленивая" пахала 6-дневку с 10 до 20 целый год. Как-то вообще не вяжется такой график работы с ленью)))
Я вам заплачу 10 тысяч рублей, вы сможете превести и отредактировать видео о моей жизни в москве? У меня доходы раз в 50 выше чем у вас, что бы просто люди понимали, что Россия огромная и тут все по разному.
Россия тридцать лет после развала СССР была лишена возможности развития и разграблена западными корпорациями. Сегодня мы восстанавливает справедливость
@@Алина-я4т2н до сих пор не пойму, почему люди в комментариях пишут про страну и про ресурсы, когда мне зарплату платит не страна, а просто другой человек. И стоимость оплаты в нашей фирме от ресурсов вообще никак не зависит.
@@natyrusa вы просто не в теме, от ресурсов зависит всё и вся, ни чего не возникает из воздуха, хотя конечно ресурсы могут быть разные, интеллектуальные в том числе. Не хочется глубоко вдаваться в подробности, однако в бедной на ресурсы стране любой работающий будет получать мало.
@@Алина-я4т2н ну, не знаю. У нас была просто установлена ставка 130 р/час и всё. И зависело это от оплаты клиентов, а не от ресурсов. Было мало клиентов - зарплата, соответственно, задерживалась аж по 2 месяца. Опять же, ресурсы на это никак повлиять не могли.
@@natyrusalolzlolzlolzl... car ownership has exponentially grown in Russia . You must have your head in the clouds to not pay attention to what's happening around you.
@@natyrusaRussian guy which I met in Vladivostok hostel showed me shop in Yuzno Sakhalinsk, prices was very cheap, after same shop I found in Khabarovsk. I was supposed how Vladivostok is cheaper than Yuzno Sakhalinsk, Vladivostok is bigger city, logical there is cheaper. I don't know if you have same shop in your city?
@@YamadaSena somewhere yes. But I don't think it's possible to buy all kind of necessary food there. Also, when I get back home in the late evening, I prefer nearby supermarkets.
@@natyrusa I think usually those small one are more expensive. I think most important is buy this what you really need. For example LOTO no need, in my case I don't need message, things which we need is food. We look prices... in my case those Russian prices is not high, biggest problem is visa, with Serbian passport I can stay only 30 days in Russia while in Germany I can stay 90 days in 180 days. It means I go to Germany work, for example per month I save 1000 euros, 3 month 3000 euros minimum, but when is summer can save more, per month in July I saved last summer 1500.... problem is I can't stay same 90 days in Russia. Problem is place where I can stay while I am waiting this 90 days outside of Germany. I don't know if it's possible for foreigner to buy village house in Russia, even far east, just that it's cheap. To rent I am afraid, for example I go to Germany to work people steel from me, or biggest problem visa issue. If buy such houses can I get visa. Only way which I know to get visa is to join special military operation which I would never do. I look on internet Serbian people doing that but it's prohibited by Serbian low, and I am coward, I would afraid to go there.... I don't know how to be Russian citizen and do not go to war?
I showed that in this video. Transport, supermarkets etc. If you need more details, then watch my playlist called "prices in Russia" and you will see what I bought.
A Massage costs as much as it does in the west at a cheap Chinese Mall store? Man, going to Asia. seems like a better deal every day. As of 2024, the prices for a massage even at your home is less than $7USD. (Always tip you cheapskates!) That is for an HOUR long Massage. Something like a foot massage cost even less, the price I quoted is for a full body and lasts about 30-min to an hour. I have to say, as far as getting well? Asia sure seems the place to go. Hopefully, with the stronger rubble, and Russian Airlines expanding their flight services along with china, it gives Russians more chances to go out and enjoy and relax on Medical Vacations. I like my Robot shiatsu Massager, but nothing like having a real person take care of that. I wonder what the prices for that are in China? I might have to look that up. And thank you for sharing the real world to us about Russia.
@@natyrusa Why doshirak is bad for stomach? Anyhow most cheap magazin in Russia which I found was Svetafor. I hope you have it in your city, I was in far east Vladivostok, Khabarovsk, Sakhalin, I found it there.
@@natyrusa You are different than other Russian which I met, you have knowledge, and you care about health. Maybe your profession, maybe you work in hospital or dom zdravlja
@@msbull100 что самое интересное, я сначала написала комментарий, в котором я что-то пыталась объяснить, а потом думаю: НАФИГА?! Лучше подойти к этому с юмором 😜 Кстати, вы, наверное, подумали, что я каждый месяц столько получаю?
@@NTATchannelNickTaylor I go to a specialist who works deeply with muscles, nerve clamps, and joints. It's really painful. Dima didn't learn how to do such kind of massages.
