Cost of Living in Beijing, China

P.s What is actually declining is the purchasing power as the income always remain extremely low.

the housing price is 15% to 20% lower than real status
the mean salary should be 1000euro to 1200euro
the clothes and shoes price is too high, that is the full label price, normally people could buy it at about 20% to 50% off

comments from the Jinyu Zhang, who lives in Beijing for 13 years

The market prices are absolutely retarded on this site. I can only assume that the majority of contributors are completely useless at buying anything, failing even the most basic strategy of "point, grunt, hand money" which even the illiterate FOBs can manage to do.

Egg prices are also rather daft, as "1 dozen" means nothing. Small? Medium? Large? Jumbo? Extra Jumbo? Who knows! These classifications are based on weight, yet entirely ignored here.
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Eggs in Beijing are currently about 4.3 RMB per 500g. If you go for 1 dozen "large", that's 650g for 5.6 RMB. I can only imagine what idiotic prices people have been paying to get the average up to 15. I can pick out 110g monsters and get a dozen of em and that's still only 11.3 RMB.

This also fails to take into account the brown vs white. As whites cost more in Beijing with browns being common, while it is reversed in the US, as browns are "exotic" for whatever reason. And hell, even the white eggs would never reach 15 RMB for a dozen of any size.

I have been living in Beijing since 1995. Prices have gone up a lot. Renting an appartment in the city center is more likely to cost around 6000 RMB. I rent out a small appartment of 78m2 for 5500 RMB near the forbidden city which is very cheap for the location. For something bigger think 9000 to 10,000 RMB / month and if you want a more luxury place/area double that amount. Dining is more expensive as well. A simple meal will be around 100 RMB. If you would start as a teacher you will need around 10 to 15 K RMB a month to live comfortably.

I can`t belived that the life in Beijing it`s the same like Berlin and almost the same like N.Y. Anyway according numbeo caracas life is much better than in NY. and most European cities.This happens when the state intervenes directly on life .... and censor this life.
The life isn`t only ...minimum wage and the price of gasoline (venezuela) .... the life means to feel you free like a person.
I`m from Romania ...my wage it`s 250 euro on a month ... in western europe you can earn 1000-2000 euro , and prices are the same as in romania.

Feels like the prices are set to high here.

can i be able to study and work in beijing? and if yes how much can i pay in tution fees in a median university and how much can i expect to earn in teaching english or other jobs?

There are cheaper jeans. Original is usually sold in fancy and the most expensive shopping malls and therefore it's frequently much more expensive than in USA, with prices frequently similar to Europe.

#Cam: Yes, that is right: With a median income, you can not afford to live in the city centre. That is just the way it is in Beijing.

And leather shoes are indeed that expensive. I guess many locals just don't wear leather shoes.

Cam, there are most likely cheaper mens leather shoes, however, currently for this category there is one entry so it needs more entries to get more realistic price. Other prices have more entries and therefore most likely are better correct. In many cities people with the average salary nowdays cannot afford to live in the city center, not only in Beijing.