Cost of Living in Frankfurt

@ Michele on Jan 29, 2021
80,000 Euro per year is 6,667 Euro per month (gross).
For a married person (if he/she is the single earner) there will be a deduction for income tax of 1,038 Euro and for social insurance (health, pension, unemployment) of 1,166 Euro. Thus net will be 4,464 Euro per month. (Average income in Germany in 2021 is about 46,000 Euro gross per year / 3,830 Euro gross per month) An income of 80,000 Euro gross per year / 6,667 Euro gross per month / 4,464 Euro net per month allows for a very comfortable style of living for two people.

3 rooms apartment (not premium) from 750 per month cold. Let's say 1000 because you just moved in and will be looking for it in a rush.
food/transportation for 3-4 people under 1000 per month.
Utilities, heating ect is crazy. Depends on insulation, heating machine in the building and your consumption. Can get up to 500 per month.
Total: your basics are covered with 1000 + 1000 + 500; Add up 500 because "you used to live more luxury than me". From 77k you will have over 4000 on hands (tax class 3 while wife will stay on tax class 5). So, you get 1000 leftover per month.
Good luck.
Regarding 100k contract - awesome, but I guess you lived life and will not accept described above lifestyle and may be willing to live in walking distance to work...
Your netto income can be calculated here: https://www.bbx.de/grossnet-wage-calculator-germany/
You have tax class 1 if single. Family will have tax total count = 8.
Tax class 3 for you if you wife is in Germany and earns nothing to little - she get class 5 (3+5 = 8). If you earn similar income you would like to take class 4 each (4+4 = 8).
I moved into little town not far from Frankfurt. Been in Franfurt. Living cost above is my experience - exactly same as in my town "Lidl, Aldi for food. C&A; H&M for cloth" exact prices. Regarding rent I know from my freinds living there and from browsing internet.
Look at death rate in Germany compared to other contries due to current pandemic. Checked out? Now you know why your taxes are so high. I mean it worth it to pay. You get social coverage in return.

Hi, I am Chinese business owner, and business is doing very good. I want to invest some of the money in buying couple of flats or a even a building and then to rent them for living. I see rent prices in Germany are very high.
Is this viable?

Hlo all,

A company in Frankfurt had offered me €21.98 per hour as Housekeeping Team leader in a luxury hotel and also benefits like free food , accomodation & health insurance. Is it a right offer ? can anybody suggest ? Its a contract for 2 years employment. Will my plan works to live in Frankfurt if I bring my wife ( Health care graduate) & child ?

@Dan
Of course, I'm sure you have done your calculations already. I just wanted to warn you. Not that you feel cheated when you get your first tax declaration...I am living here since the 90s, my income level is also quite high, have a professional tax advisor and my total deductions after the tax return are around 43-44%.

Anyway, everything depends on the job and your negotiation skills. I was actually surprised how low some salaries in the UK are actually: Experienced IT developers with 30k gross, managers with 50-55k.In Frankfurt, you could definitely get much more, which will compensate for the higher taxes.
Good Luck!

@DAN
Just a sample calculation for a family of 2 working adults:

UK: 2 Salaries X 50.000 GBP gross p.A. mean around 2 x 3065 GBP net. Considering an exchange rate of 0.88, this leads to 6.900 EURO Net.

Germany: 2 Salaries of 56.800 Euro Gross mean 2 X 2.800 EURO Net=5.600 Net. Kindergeld for 2 Children is 400 Euro, which leads to a total of 6.000 Net.
Sources:
https://www.thesalarycalculator.co.uk
http://www.n-heydorn.de/gehaltsrechner.html

If we ignore London, all other parts of the UK are actually comparable with Frankfurt in terms of monthly cost. Which means that you will need to negotiate a 20% higher salary in Frankfurt in order to achieve the same standard of living.
Germany is, behind Belgium, second highest tax country in the world.

Hello all,

I feel these amounts are not correct, atleast from my family point. We are a four member family (including 2 kids, one goes to Kindergarten and other to German school). We have monthly expense of maximum 700, without rent. And also not considering travel. My husband uses his bicycle to work and it is walkable distance for kids to school and Kita. I feel nobody needs to be scared to come to Frankfurt if you know to live with what you earn.

Thanks,
Sina

Hi everybody,
I have received a job offer from Frankfurt, the salary is 26000€ per year (gross/brutto). Do you know how much it will be net?

I do not have children and It is ok for me to share a flat with other people. Do you think this is enough to live in Frankfurt.

thank you.

hey yall, i think it takes about one million...oh fuck thats racist