Teachers can do pretty well in Taiwan if they watch their budget. This is a basic budget:
- Rent: NT$10,000
- Utilities: NT$1,750
- Food: NT$7,500
- Transportation: NT$700
- Entertainment: NT$2,500
- Internet: NT $500
- Cell Phone: NT $1,000
- TOTAL: 23,950
Most months I am able to hover around that budget, things add up when I start trekking around the countryside but that's not free in any country. If you're smart about it and you plan one or two trips a month you can easily still save money each month.
Taipei | Keelung | Taichung | Kaohsiung | NOTES | |
Food | 250 | 200 | 200 | 200 | per day |
Accommodation | One bedroom: 5,500~10,000 | One bedroom: 2,500~7,000 | One bedroom: 3,000~7,000 | One bedroom: 3,000~7,000 | ***Note*** Please see bottom |
Three Bedroom: 16,000~35,000 | Three Bedroom: 8,500~20,000 | Three Bedroom: 12,000~25,000 | Three Bedroom: 10,000~20,000 | ||
Transportation | 700 | 500 | 500 | 500 | per month |
Internet | 900 | 900 | 900 | 900 | ADSL or Cable |
Phone | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | Basic Fee |
Cell Phone | 200 | 200 | 200 | 200 | Basic Fee |
Restaurants | 300~ | 180~ | 180~ | 180~ | Depends on what kind of restaurant |
Water | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | a 500ml bottle |
Alcohol | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | a can of Taiwan beer at the convenience store |
200~ | 150~ | 150~ | 150~ | a beer in a bar |
***NOTE*** In most cases there are three rooms in an apartment. You are able to rent entire apartments or in some cases you can rent a bedroom of an apartment. In cases where you rent a bedroom, the rates for single rooms depend on whether there is a bathroom inside your room or whether you share the bathroom with the other roommates. The rates for apartments, like any country, are also contingent on the area and the age of the apartment, condo or house (this is especially true in Taipei).
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