Summary of cost of living in Milan, Italy:
Restaurants | Edit | Range |
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Meal, Inexpensive Restaurant | 20.00 € | |
Meal for 2 People, Mid-range Restaurant, Three-course | 80.00 € | |
McMeal at McDonalds (or Equivalent Combo Meal) | 11.00 € | |
Domestic Beer (1 pint draught) | 6.00 € | |
Imported Beer (12 oz small bottle) | 5.00 € | |
Cappuccino (regular) | 1.91 € | |
Coke/Pepsi (12 oz small bottle) | 2.83 € | |
Water (12 oz small bottle) | 1.32 € | |
Markets | Edit | |
Milk (regular), (1 gallon) | 6.09 € | |
Loaf of Fresh White Bread (1 lb) | 2.32 € | |
Rice (white), (1 lb) | 1.41 € | |
Eggs (regular) (12) | 4.02 € | |
Local Cheese (1 lb) | 7.33 € | |
Chicken Fillets (1 lb) | 5.17 € | |
Beef Round (1 lb) (or Equivalent Back Leg Red Meat) | 9.28 € | |
Apples (1 lb) | 1.09 € | |
Banana (1 lb) | 0.88 € | |
Oranges (1 lb) | 1.19 € | |
Tomato (1 lb) | 1.55 € | |
Potato (1 lb) | 0.88 € | |
Onion (1 lb) | 0.81 € | |
Lettuce (1 head) | 1.26 € | |
Water (1.5 liter bottle) | 0.53 € | |
Bottle of Wine (Mid-Range) | 7.00 € | |
Domestic Beer (0.5 liter bottle) | 1.87 € | |
Imported Beer (12 oz small bottle) | 2.37 € | |
Cigarettes 20 Pack (Marlboro) | 6.00 € | |
Transportation | Edit | |
One-way Ticket (Local Transport) | 2.20 € | |
Monthly Pass (Regular Price) | 39.00 € | |
Taxi Start (Normal Tariff) | 7.00 € | |
Taxi 1 mile (Normal Tariff) | 4.83 € | |
Taxi 1hour Waiting (Normal Tariff) | 33.00 € | |
Gasoline (1 gallon) | 6.89 € | |
Volkswagen Golf 1.4 90 KW Trendline (Or Equivalent New Car) | 30,000.00 € | |
Toyota Corolla Sedan 1.6l 97kW Comfort (Or Equivalent New Car) | 31,950.00 € | |
Utilities (Monthly) | Edit | |
Basic (Electricity, Heating, Cooling, Water, Garbage) for 915 sq ft Apartment | 216.93 € | |
Mobile Phone Monthly Plan with Calls and 10GB+ Data | 9.90 € | |
Internet (60 Mbps or More, Unlimited Data, Cable/ADSL) | 26.83 € | |
Sports And Leisure | Edit | |
Fitness Club, Monthly Fee for 1 Adult | 66.68 € | |
Tennis Court Rent (1 Hour on Weekend) | 33.79 € | |
Cinema, International Release, 1 Seat | 10.00 € | |
Childcare | Edit | |
Preschool (or Kindergarten), Full Day, Private, Monthly for 1 Child | 752.10 € | |
International Primary School, Yearly for 1 Child | 13,953.31 € | |
Clothing And Shoes | Edit | |
1 Pair of Jeans (Levis 501 Or Similar) | 97.00 € | |
1 Summer Dress in a Chain Store (Zara, H&M, ...) | 39.59 € | |
1 Pair of Nike Running Shoes (Mid-Range) | 96.69 € | |
1 Pair of Men Leather Business Shoes | 141.35 € | |
Rent Per Month | Edit | |
Apartment (1 bedroom) in City Centre | 1,379.86 € | |
Apartment (1 bedroom) Outside of Centre | 956.02 € | |
Apartment (3 bedrooms) in City Centre | 2,820.26 € | |
Apartment (3 bedrooms) Outside of Centre | 1,856.33 € | |
Buy Apartment Price | Edit | |
Price per Square Feet to Buy Apartment in City Centre | 788.11 € | |
Price per Square Feet to Buy Apartment Outside of Centre | 415.50 € | |
Salaries And Financing | Edit | |
Average Monthly Net Salary (After Tax) | 1,977.47 € | |
Mortgage Interest Rate in Percentages (%), Yearly, for 20 Years Fixed-Rate | 3.71 |
Cost of Living in Monza | 14.03 miles |
Cost of Living in Pavia | 24.69 miles |
Cost of Living in Como | 31.05 miles |
Cost of Living in Novara | 32.50 miles |
Cost of Living in Bergamo | 34.83 miles |
Cost of Living in Varese | 35.45 miles |
Cost of Living in Vercelli | 46.99 miles |
Cost of Living in Brescia | 64.52 miles |
Cost of Living in Turin | 87.74 miles |
Cost of Living in Genoa | 90.08 miles |
DeutschLebenshaltungskosten in Mailand |
PortuguêsCusto de Vida em Milão |
ItalianoCosto della Vita a Milano |
FrançaisCoût de la Vie à Milan |
EspañolCosto de Vida en Milán |
Here in Holland, where I am now, I have met Italians who came here to work, but I have never seen a Dutch person who would go to work in Italy. We are always happy to go on vacation, not to work.
It seems to me that if you really want to live in a warm place, then Barcelona is at your service. And not Milan at all :) To live there, you must either be born Italian, or you must have an inexplicable passion for this country.
1. Knowledge of Italian is mandatory - even in a branch of an international company. To communicate during a coffee break, you need to understand Italian.
2. Salaries - about 30-40 euros per year. about 38% tax. The rules for obtaining deductions are quite confusing
3. An ideal country for a vacation, probably OK if you work remotely, but working locally and with residents is not an obvious choice.
A 30sqm STUDIO apartment outside of the city is at least 900-1000€ not counting utilities. A ROOM is MINIMUM 600-700€ without utilities, and that's if you're very lucky.
Average salary for a fresh grad is 1200-1300€ per month. Run.
The glass ceiling is 40-50k/year (2200-2400€ net per month). You're never gonna get more than that and it's gonna take you 15 years to get to that point.
Berlin has 8% higher cost of living but a fresh grad gets paid at least 40k there. It's shameful. Same goes for Paris, Munich, Frankfurt. Avoid this place at all costs if you care about your mental and financial health.
Cost of living has skyrocketed in the past 5-10 years to the point where the salary you need to live here as a single person is at least 70k (which would put you in the top 1%).
Chi ha scritto 2k al mese, non conosce il mondo reale
Basta che hai un problema a un dente e ti parte 1k€ che avevi messo da parte in 3 mesi se va bene di lavoro.
Pieno di benzina 85€ circa , come l 'abbonamento alla metropolitana.
Per prendere più di 1500-1700€ al mese devi andare in compagnie grandi e avere fortuna di essere scelto o fare lavori con turnazione notturna oppure libero professionista con partita iva.
Chi migra dal sud al nord spesso, a causa dei costi della vita nulli o quasi, si trova con gruzzoletti che gli permettono di vivere e studiare qui per poi laurearsi.
I milanesi originari del posto o sopravvivono o difficilmente rimangono in città a causa della qualità della vita e del costo di base che li mette in svantaggio paradossalmente rispetto chi arriva dal sud e inoltre l'immigrazione porta ad un abbassamento degli stipendi, perchè chi è appunto originario di qui non prenderebbe mai cifre sotto i 1400€ invece chi viene da fuori si accontenta e pensa che 1200€ sia buono, ma non calcola il costo reale di chi vive realmente li e nno è di passaggio per tornare al sud o andare all'estero.
I was born and keep living in Milan (unfortunately),so I can solemnly claim that here's the only one who shot crap it's you. Most probably either you don't live in Milan or you have to be well-off to affirm what you wrote. Milan is the most expensive city in all of Italy and one of the most expensive cities in all of Europe, but with starvation salaries that don't even allow you to make ends meet.
As soon as I accumulated some experience I looked for a job abroad and now I live in Amsterdam. It's expensive here too but the salaries are much higher. I don't advise anybody to move to Milan
The tax system does not ALLOW for people to go above 4000.
But in fact, the average salary is like 1400 euros. Even in Rome the situation is much worse, it is 1200 on average!
People live together to make the ends meet. These low salaries are also the reason why the marriage age or pregnancy age are way higher than other countries, or the reason why a huge number of under 35 live with their parents (74%), compared to the EU country (average 35%) which is way higher.
This is also the reason why you see millions of Italians anywhere across the world, as if there is a war in this country.
In fact, the youth are working for the elderlies who are still alive at 100 and taking advantage of the tax system.
Just come to this country or city if you earn somewhere else but would like to enjoy the fashion, parties, etc. Anything non-work related.
Word of advice!
and a high percentage own the appartment where they live. Probably they bought it when it was still affordable....
The average Joe makes €1.600 but there are managers and executives alore with salaries anywhere between €100k and €500k.
Lets not forget that Milan is the business capital of the 7th largest economy in the world.
My salary is €120k gross for example. I'm 41 and most of my italian friends make more or less the same but it's true that there are a lot of people at my company who make a lot less.
In my opinion Milan is the worst city in Europe for purchasing power ahd working conditions even though you have a wide range of career opportunities. Furthermore, work loads in finance are massive, it is common to work after 8 pm.
CAP 20133 (CAP = postal code) represents the average income of the city of Milan, according to the article.
Salaries in Italy aren't sky-high, BUT it depends on the sector. If you studied law, it will be difficult to earn a good amount of money at the beginning of your career, but if you decide to work for Law Firms in the capital market segment, you can expect to make €2000-3300 euros/month (net) + benefits even before the State exam. This won't be the case if you specialise in civil or penal fields (in those cases, you'll struggle).
I have 4 yrs work experience, master degree, work in Fintech and after tax monthly 3000-3500 EUR, 14 months. (Annual gross 70k EUR)
My boyfriend has 7 yrs work experience, work in consulting and after tax monthly 3500-4000 EUR, 14 months. (Annual gross 100k EUR)
We can live a comfortable life and save around 30k per person per year in Milan.
What can I say? The salaries are even lower than 1.600 euros per month. I can ensure you not so many people earn that much, regardless of their studies and/or working experiences.
Unfortunately, it doesn’t really matter whether you got a diploma or you graduated from university: the salaries are ridiculously low, especially if compares to the prohibitive cost of living - as listed above.
The city center isn’t affordable at all for obvious reasons, but so are the suburbs, unless you’d be interested in living in a quite overcrowded neighbourhood with higher micro-criminality rates, and you would still be paying too much among rent, bills, etc…
The city isn’t large at all, it’s actually quite small considering its population which consequently makes it a very crowded and not so bike friendly city.
Furthermore, I solemnly believe it should be cleaner than it currently is: it’s sadly not rare to find garbage on the street as well as broken roads and sidewalks.
I wouldn’t suggest anybody to move to Milan unless they already had an extremely high income, otherwise life won’t be easy at all.
What many expats don’t understand is that nothing is gold here, even if Italy is geographically stunning as a country, but that doesn’t mean we all live well.
You will be given the job you are deserved (by your resume). The cost of living is much higher! Especially the rents.
In the city center only paying the rent (not utilities) is at least 1500 euros!
You can go to cheap chain stores like LiDl or Eurospin but ... !!!
Jobs are awful! Purchasing power is relay really bad!