Cost of Living in Berlin

Hi All, where exactly is considered city center for Berlin?

@MAHAIS
You are crazy to even think about Germany. Go to eastern Europe (Bulgaria, Romania). A senior Java dev makes 3000+ Euro net and has 50% lower cost of living. Tax rates there are 10% vs. 50% in Germany where 45k gross will lead to 2300 EURO NET only and you'll pay 1000 Euro for the rent. Not to mention all the refugees and other strange creatures moving around, who have more rights than you and are fed by the tax payer.
By the way, 45k is faaar to low expectation for an exp. Java dev in Germany. I'd shoot for 65k if I was you (even then, you'll not be happy when you see your tax).

Imho, rent prices are quite far from the truth. I cannot find any option for 800 euro.

Hello, I'm being offered a position in Berlin, and the tax calculator I used says I would receive a net salary a little over 4000 euros a month, would it be enough for me, my wife and three kids to live there?

Hi am looking for a two year full time study in Berlin. I want to know any employment opportunities in Berlin in any field part time.

#pangiotis: Yes u can , if alone. but €1000 should be net.
#Chato: This is a decent salary for Berliners.m Married with 1 kid it means u have app. € 3.200/Month net income. Deduct 1.200-1.500 for a flat. Then you know whether it is enough for you.

can you leave in Berlin with salaly 1000 euros without rent??

lol fine on doing propaganda comparing apples with oranges, but at least let's not write b*lls**t, and let's write every side of the story, since here most of the readers don't know much about US or Germany or whatever other country and they rely on the information that are written, that should be fair, complete and not misleading.

I'm a dev for a BIG in San Josè and no, a Software Engineer that is a senior developer doesn't bank 250k, he's lucky to get more than 150k (check Glassdoor and Payscale).

Let's tell all the truth to our fellow educated workers from Europe, like that:
- often the salary doesn't include Health Insurance as a benefit; for the full package (comparable to the public health care of the countries in Northern Europe) for a family you can easily spend more than 1000$ a month
- at least in San Jose real estate prices skyrocketed due to the huge amount of high paid hi-tech employees (I heard something similar is happening even in Dublin), hardly u can buy a good house for less than 1 mil $
- there's no work-life balance, employers expect that you always overstay in the office, and you should always be reachable even out of office time; if you're very lucky you get 15 days /year of paid leave
- there's a huge difference between social classes and a strong segregation between them, with people living in "ghettos" based on the social class they belong to; this cause even criminality issues (yes, US isn't as safe as other parts of the western world) and segregation between ethnicities; in general, on the mind of the others your ethnicity will be a permanent label on your front head
- In US societies you're dependent from the car, while most of the modern societies are going on the opposite direction; also, fuel isn't cheap anymore (is now a 20% cheaper than in Europe, but Europe has many cheap alternatives like Diesel, LGP and Methane)
- Some people, even educated, still bear a fascist mentality where if someone is poor is not a problem for the society, just his problem and is all his fault, and nobody should help him

there are many other points I could list as well I could list a many positive points about living in NorCal and US in general, I love to live here and I call it home.
Like every country has pros and cons, there's no paradise on Earth, just it would be nice if everyone tell the truth based on his experience and not just painting everything white or black based on the type of propaganda he wants to do.

Hello,

I'm currently looking forward on moving to live in Berlin. The employee has made me an offer of 1400E netto. I will work as a computer system administrator. I don't know... Is this quantity of money enough for making a living there ?

Any answers would be appreciated.
Thanks.

What is the average annual salary for a Registered Nurse
In Berlin Germany. I have been a nurse for 23 years still need to work about 15 more years. What do you need to do to get you license transferred to Germany from the United States.

For the experienced it developers that wrote earlier: I never worked in Berlin but I’d interviews for developer positions there. They mostly search for 3+ years experience ( since in our job technologies change so often) and the highest salary I’ve seen was 75k gross a year ( approx 3500 eur net a month, that’s great for Berlin). For the most the companies that work in English language are small startups, the other generally require German language. In the end I moved to Dubai and here as a senior dev I can earn and save what I wouldn’t be able in whatever European country

@Annette Autrata,

Unfortunately, half million immigrants is by far not an advantage of Germany.
I am not a racist, but too many of these immigrants are not educated people which keep their bad habits in Germany...

I agree with #Annette Autrata. Germany is a fabulous place to live, offering high wages, plenty job opportunities and great benefits. Amongst other, long vacations, even over 7 weeks, sick benefits, maternity etc. Average wages are indeed higher than US, and costs lower. You work much less hours as well.

Education, healthcare and much other is free so you need no loans like many in US have, these can be in 100s of thousands.

Rents are quite cheap, Autobahn is great, and the state makes an effort to invest- in many places in US you are like in third world, all is run down.

It is possible to live high quality life and save. No wonder of top 20 cities to live, 5 are in Germany.

I am in a different field but I suggest you take what you can and perfect the language, then you go up more easily. In my field some language is absolutely needed to start.

Ryan, with your opinion you are so far off base it is not even funny. Just look at the facts, Germany is three times more popular as a country to immigrate into than the States. Germany had over half a million immigrants in 2016, whereas the US hat 150000, this is a 7% share of the population versus 0.5%. Cost of living, average salary, job security, expenses for education, health insurance, poverty indexes are all far superior in Germany in comparison with the States.

Yes there are arrogant folks in posh cities like Munich or Hamburg, but no more so than in New York or San Francisco.

In High-Tech jobs it doesen't matter where you come from, it doesen't even matter much if you speak German, as long as you can at least communicate in English, you'll find a job in no time. The unemployment rate is very low (lower than the States) and regulations wouldn't allow to discriminate against nationality, gender, religion etc.

I have lived and worked in 4 major cities in the States (Los Angeles, Boston, San Francisco, Chicago) and 3 in Germany (Dortmund, Munich, Berlin) and I cannot support your views at all.

Hello guys,

I am an asian software developer(8 yrs experience) looking to work in Berlin.

What is the median salary for senior developers there?

Is 45k euro a year enough to live comfortably?

Any help on this would be very much appreciated.

Hello everybody,

I have a question

I was looking for an internship, and I am accepted by a one right now, in which the company will offer me a 1100 euros per month, my main question is that are they enough to live in berlin? I heard that rental costs are high...

hi ..my name is diptesh sahoo from india i thinking about to study in berlin
so could you please tell me how much would be cost of living at there as a student..
that should be between 400 to 450 euro and also about having any earning source
please do inform

@Roberto Birquet
The rent price is based on Number of bedrooms excluding the living room. This is required by Numbeo on the price contribution form:
> Please note that we expect inputs according to western standards,
> which means one bedroom flat contains separate sleeping room and
> living room (approximate space around 55m2 or 580sq ft).

Having a look through it seems fairly reasonable. I come from Sydney where the cost of living is very high. Salaries do match the cost of living where I'm from to a degree but I'm in the process of interviewing for a job that should nett just shy of 3k a month. Judging from this if I got the job I probably will be able to live well and still save (as I love to travel and see no value in moving to the otherside of the world then stuck not able to go anywhere .....)

Hi all,

I was just wondering what are the different taxes and how are they calculated.

Thanks in advance!

I have experience in working in online marketing industry/star-ups and here if you start as an intern you will get about 500-700€ net monthly, trainee is 800-1000€ net monthly, junior positions 1200-1400€ net monthly, but I know also people who get more, depends on the company and industry (eg Ebay). I am here 2 years and I would say that since I am here the costs of living are growing really quickly, but I also see tendency in growth of the salaries. Rents are growing the quickest, food in supermarkets as well, still entertainment like lunch or party is more less the same. If you are intern you can leave for a month for about 700€, but of course the longer the harder and I would say to have a more less normal life you need about 1000€ monthly is ok.
My basic costs are:
400 - rent in a 2-bedroom WG in the center ( I have a contract since a year, now I would pay probably aroun 450-500)
60 - monthly ticket for Sbahn and Ubahn (I have yearly contract, that is why it is cheaper)
18,5 - gym in Alexa
2,5 - bank account
200-350 - food/shopping
100-200 - entertainment