Summary about cost of living in Prague, Czech Republic:
Restaurants | |
Range |
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Meal, Inexpensive Restaurant | 7.68 $ | |
Meal for 2 People, Mid-range Restaurant, Three-course | 39.48 $ | |
McMeal at McDonalds (or Equivalent Combo Meal) | 6.93 $ | |
Domestic Beer (1 pint draught) | 2.13 $ | |
Imported Beer (12 oz small bottle) | 2.13 $ | |
Cappuccino (regular) | 2.65 $ | |
Coke/Pepsi (12 oz small bottle) | 1.65 $ | |
Water (12 oz small bottle) | 1.19 $ | |
Markets | |
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Milk (regular), (1 gallon) | 3.69 $ | |
Loaf of Fresh White Bread (1 lb) | 1.22 $ | |
Rice (white), (1 lb) | 0.92 $ | |
Eggs (regular) (12) | 2.17 $ | |
Local Cheese (1 lb) | 4.62 $ | |
Chicken Fillets (1 lb) | 3.60 $ | |
Beef Round (1 lb) (or Equivalent Back Leg Red Meat) | 5.38 $ | |
Apples (1 lb) | 0.75 $ | |
Banana (1 lb) | 0.67 $ | |
Oranges (1 lb) | 0.77 $ | |
Tomato (1 lb) | 1.50 $ | |
Potato (1 lb) | 0.42 $ | |
Onion (1 lb) | 0.38 $ | |
Lettuce (1 head) | 1.37 $ | |
Water (1.5 liter bottle) | 0.63 $ | |
Bottle of Wine (Mid-Range) | 6.40 $ | |
Domestic Beer (0.5 liter bottle) | 0.92 $ | |
Imported Beer (12 oz small bottle) | 1.68 $ | |
Cigarettes 20 Pack (Marlboro) | 5.76 $ | |
Transportation | |
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One-way Ticket (Local Transport) | 1.32 $ | |
Monthly Pass (Regular Price) | 23.47 $ | |
Taxi Start (Normal Tariff) | 1.88 $ | |
Taxi 1 mile (Normal Tariff) | 1.92 $ | |
Taxi 1hour Waiting (Normal Tariff) | 15.36 $ | |
Gasoline (1 gallon) | 7.36 $ | |
Volkswagen Golf 1.4 90 KW Trendline (Or Equivalent New Car) | 24,304.32 $ | |
Toyota Corolla Sedan 1.6l 97kW Comfort (Or Equivalent New Car) | 23,905.04 $ | |
Utilities (Monthly) | |
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Basic (Electricity, Heating, Cooling, Water, Garbage) for 915 sq ft Apartment | 227.49 $ | |
1 min. of Prepaid Mobile Tariff Local (No Discounts or Plans) | 0.15 $ | |
Internet (60 Mbps or More, Unlimited Data, Cable/ADSL) | 20.54 $ | |
Sports And Leisure | |
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Fitness Club, Monthly Fee for 1 Adult | 44.86 $ | |
Tennis Court Rent (1 Hour on Weekend) | 13.14 $ | |
Cinema, International Release, 1 Seat | 8.54 $ | |
Childcare | |
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Preschool (or Kindergarten), Full Day, Private, Monthly for 1 Child | 666.47 $ | |
International Primary School, Yearly for 1 Child | 9,793.15 $ | |
Clothing And Shoes | |
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1 Pair of Jeans (Levis 501 Or Similar) | 80.48 $ | |
1 Summer Dress in a Chain Store (Zara, H&M, ...) | 37.86 $ | |
1 Pair of Nike Running Shoes (Mid-Range) | 83.82 $ | |
1 Pair of Men Leather Business Shoes | 96.80 $ | |
Rent Per Month | |
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Apartment (1 bedroom) in City Centre | 854.49 $ | |
Apartment (1 bedroom) Outside of Centre | 662.07 $ | |
Apartment (3 bedrooms) in City Centre | 1,636.41 $ | |
Apartment (3 bedrooms) Outside of Centre | 1,094.14 $ | |
Buy Apartment Price | |
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Price per Square Feet to Buy Apartment in City Centre | 666.36 $ | |
Price per Square Feet to Buy Apartment Outside of Centre | 460.19 $ | |
Salaries And Financing | |
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Average Monthly Net Salary (After Tax) | 1,610.18 $ | |
Mortgage Interest Rate in Percentages (%), Yearly, for 20 Years Fixed-Rate | 4.77 |
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Cost of Living in Kralupy nad Vltavou | 20.14 miles |
Cost of Living in Kladno | 20.23 miles |
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Prague is not a cheap place and it is in many aspects more expensive than any average German city including Berlin,(supermarket food and groceries, real estate, going to restaurants etc) and the cost of living is very comparable with top cities like Wien, Frankfurt etc.
Coming to the point of 80K gross for a family of 3 which means 63/4K net per month, in my opinion you will be in survival mode at the best as you will have the following expenses every month:
>renting a low end 3KK will cost you at least 20/25K czk per month + 5/6K in bills and probably more with new electricity prices etc. If you want to consider a more realistic price for a decent 3KK, I would estimate 30K czk going up. People saying that are paying way less than that, it is because they are on old renting contract but now these old prices do not exist anymore.
> Food and groceries for 3 people will costs you at least 12K per month on a very basic diet. If you eat a vegetables rich diet and fish be prepared to increase your budget by 50%/100%.
> Public transport costs are cheap. I do not remember but it should cost 500/600 Czk per person.
> After just all basic expenses you will be left with probably not more than 20/22K per month which in my view is not enough for building some financial savings, unexpected expenses, going out once a week with a family and have some good time, save money for holiday etc.
To summarize, with that salary you will have a very simple life.
Prague is a fantastic city to live - i am comparing 27 years living in Germany. There's 0% (!) unemployment rate in Prague, the public transportation is working and in Prague the most people are speaking better English than e.g. in Stuttgart/Germany.
Prague is full of culture, activities, definitely anything else then boring. It's a small country but hat's the plus: in 1 - 1,5 hours from Prague you are in some mountains, there's relatively plenty of water, lot of green. There's a reason why some areas are compared with Italy's Tuscany.
Ok, you might get 40% more salary in Germany or Austria but potentially 60% higher cost of living. Just compare the figures.
Unless you choose a really small place, around 25k will go on rent + expenses alone which is 42% of your income. If your partner plans to get a job too…different story
If you come alone, renting will take at least 10000-12000 czk. Food could be around 5000 czk in a month. You will end up having 8000-9000 free money for other things. For my opinion it is not worth for moving for Prague for that money.
1. Economic growth is one of the highest in EU, on par with Poland
2. Unemployment rate is very low
1. One of the lowest crime rates in Europe (For example Germany is overally safe, but assault rate is way higher)
2. Climate is better, than in UK, Germany, Netherlands or Belgium because of noticeably less rainy days. And of course way better than in any country of Northern Europe
Pros :
1. Prague is beautiful
2. Not so expensive place compared to neighbourhood countries
3. A lot of things to do in the city (concerts, bars, clubs, museums and etc.)
4. The city is close to other interesting cities (Berlin, Vienna, Krakow) and quite cheap to get there.
5. Quite big expat groups
6. Public transport works almost perfect
Cons:
1. Prague is getting more and more expensive city
2. Local people are cold and not friendly to immigrants. It makes difficult to adapt here.
3. Most people dont speak English. So probably they will not understand English in you local shop.
4. A lot of Ukrainians workers
5. Salaries are not as high as in neighbourhood countries as Germany and Austria
6. Quality of food is not great. Not so many fish products
7. Apartments are getting more and mor expensive. Mortgage is difficult to pay with Prague salary.
8. Long queues to wait for a doctor.
For 2 people you will need around 70000 CZK for good living for 2022 year.
We are a family of 2, and we have found a house with all included (heating, electricity, internet, etc) at 20000czk.
Is the rest of the salary enough for the supermarket, some savings for a vacation, and shopping for usual things when needed?
We also hope that my spouse will find a job in 2-3 months.
If you live alone, it could be enough,but try to get at least 1800 eur. If it is it related job you can get even more like 2000 eur. You can find place wi 15k czk suitable for 1-2 persons
I was thinking of a salary 1600 euro after taxes Can I find a place in Prague for 15000czk? I was thinking of tje following expenses in euros:700 apartment, 300 food, 100 a pair of shoes or similar and I would be left with 500 euro to spend or save.
Does this sound reasonable?
What is the average cost of living for two adults and a child including rent in Euros?
I will be renting on the edges of Prague as the work isnt in the City center?
Whats the average net salary that if you have will be covering all your needs?
Thanks in advance
I live in Prague for 1.5 year and just want to share my opinion.
I work in IT and earn 60k czk net salary and live alone, so one person it looks very good. I do not spend much money on restaraunts and cafes, so I can save from here. I pay around 16k czk for a studio with all utilities included.
The very big disadvantage of Prague and Czechia overall is local language. Without it, it will be really tough to live or going outside. Even buying smth. from shops can be problematic, cause shop workers will not understand you and more importantly they will start to treat you as a sh*t. Even Immigration Officers will not speak with you in English, where it is logical that, only foreigners will come to Immigration :(
I have been in post stores, shops, shopping malls, gym, cafes and most of them do not speak English, so it becomes very stressful to communicate with locals. As a advice, I suggest you, for the first period to choose apartment near some hotels. Cause hotels have their own barbershops, gyms, massage salons and etc. and most of personal speak English, so it can help you.
If you know Russian language, so it would also help you, cause here very large number of expats from Russian speaking countries like Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, so you will probably meet them on daily basis.
Overall, if it is your first move to abroad, it can be useful to move here, cause you can travel Europe cheap and fast and see other places. But personally I do not consider Czechia as permanent living place.
Good luck :)
I will have a phone call interview on Thursday, for a job offer in Prague, for the position of Ecosystem Sourcing Specialist at Accenture. I have no experience in this particular field/job, but an overall experience of 11 years, of which 8 1/2 as assistant manager & marketing in English & French. What would be the right salary to ask (net), so that I can live decently there? PS: I also have a mortgage to pay for my apartment in Romania, which is about 300 € / month, so I should either earn enough to cover that one up, or rent it (which is highly undesirable), because I don't think I'll be able to afford paying a rent/mortgage in 2 places.
Thanks a lot in advance!
Get a flatmate and you can live decently on 1450 Euro net.”
Do you realize how ridiculous that sounds? Yes, I know you are probably right, but it is outrageous that Prague transformed itself, in the space of just few years, from a low-cost,
affordable place that it was, to the bloody ripoff place it is today, where the limits of common sense and rationality have been crossed many moons ago.
For those of you looking to come here to the CEE El-Dorado, keep your sanity and save your nerves, go elsewhere!
I earn 55k before tax, which is about 40k after tax. This is quite a bit ABOVE the average.
I spend 15k on a 53 sm2 apartment, with bills (3k) and Internet (529), so 18,529 CZK a month.
I spend roughly 1 to 1,2k crowns a week on groceries, so 4 to 4,8k a month.
I have a cleaning person, I pay her 200 CZK an hour, so it is 2,4k CZK monthly.
My phone bill is the cheapest tariff I could find, 350 CZK a month.
The public transport card for 1 year is 3650 CZK, but if you divide it monthly it is 304 CZK.
I like to go to the cinema (roughly 140 CZK at the art cinemas), have drinks out (beer and wine are insanely cheap here at mostly places, take full advantage when you come here), go to a restaurant once/twice a week (lunch can be 150-220 CZK, dinner per person is about 250-300k).
After my main expenses I have something like 14 or 15k left over every salary, and I usually finish the month anywhere between 6k to 9k CZK to go to savings.
Overall, I think I have a very good, privileged life in Prague compared to many. My flat is rather good quality and cheaper than many other ones in comparison to current market prices, and is also pretty close to the city center by tram.
I would not move to Prague earning less than 40k CZK before tax, but I like to live alone. If you don't mind sharing an apartment with one or more people you will of course spend much less.
How much would be an ideal pay scale for a Solution Architect with 14+ year of IT experience in CZ-Prague?
What are the tax slabs.
Any inputs are highly Appreciated.
How much would be an ideal salary be, not a lot, but with enough savings, to live in Prague with my wife and 2 years old kid? I have 7 years of experience in IT and what is the market standard salary that an IT engineer of my experience gets offered in Prague?
I live in Vienna (Austria) but I am considering to move to Prague with my girlfriend.
I should have a salary of 2.400 euro net per month (14 months) but I am not sure that it is enough considering:
- social system
- health system
- rent
At the moment I am not working but the social system in Vienna it is really advanced, therefore I would have time to learn german and maybe find a job.
I do not really know if I have to accept the job offer.
Do you any experience like this?
There should be anything else I have to consider?
Now I understand better. As you said it though, moving from DE to CZ, no matter how you look at it, is a step backwards in many ways, regardless of earnings. Germany has a much more advanced social system, health system, infrastructure, quality of education etc. And as you mentioned it, prices in Czech Rep. are heating up A LOT in all areas, much more so than in neighboring Poland for example that also is seeing a good growth period but without the big inflationary aspects seen here.
Especially if you have a family or considering starting one soon, Germany would be more adequate IMO, and if you really want a change of scenery rather consider places like Switzerland, Netherlands or the Scandies.
thanks in advance...
Czech Republic is not a bad option to live within so long as one does a bit of homework. To make matters simple, I purchased a house a few kilometers from Tabor, South Bohemia, price 3M Kc, a similar house within the environs of Prague sells for 15-16M Kc...
Now, I have a proposal to go to Prague with 35000 brutto, with the following increase during the year to 40000-45000. I think to rent a one-room studio for 10 thousands, live on the rest (26,000 will be net, I think).
Help me please to decide, ist it okay? In general, aftrer 5-8 years, they proposing for me 50000-55000 brutto.
I would like to travel minimally, go to the gym.
What do you think about that?
It is approx 1455 eur after taxes. You can use: https://salarycalc.eu/en/
fall back plan is that I make now without bonus the 2650 euros in Germany net so 2700 net in Prague plus bonus 3000 net would have been more
however rent is a more in Prague for what I get now with 750 euros all is 65 SQM in prague would get me 50 sqm
Also consumer goods are way more expensive in Prague clothes, electronics, branded products cost way more then in Germany.
social live still a bit cheaper but not by much like meals out etc
Also the job in Prague would have been way harder, more stressful longer hours etc
but I would have gain in better social life
where I am the Retirement pension is way better then Prague also Social Security in case one loses a job etc
Again you right I said no already but still considering move back to Prague
so thanks for your comments
What's the point of asking now after you already said no? Have no idea what you said no, what your fallback plan is, what your expenses are, whether you are single or with family, etc. etc. , but independently of that, 3000 EUR to have as a net income is not shabby at all, nor would it put you up there with those living in the lap of luxury, for that you would need I would say at least 5-6k EUR net per month, and of course upwards of that the sky is the limit. Same as in London you probably need 20k/month for a glimpse of luxury living.
I got an offer paying 90K brutto plus early Bonus of 17% plus 11K drive allowance
so 101K a month net is 70K plsu the Yealy bonus would make 3K euro net
I said no did I made a mistake ?
If you are coming here to retire, you would of course not be tied to live within Prague or surroundings for that matter. There's plenty of places within 45min-1hr of a train ride from Prague, where you can live in a house on that money, including the rent, however it would be a frugal life at best, no luxuries. If you would buy a house up front, which would be pretty cheap outside of Prague, in a rural area (something between around 40-50 000 EUR 1-1.25mil CZK would buy you a fixer upper with a plot), but within Prague...forget about it. Even if you had to buy a flat outright, assuming you can afford to spend around 250 000 USD for a 70-80 sqm. flat, which is at the low-end so it would not be a new property but an older flat, that 800 USD to live on, assuming you would have to pay health insurance and many other things as a non-Czech, and probably non-EU citizen too?, you would have very little left to "live" one out of that $800. Sadly, we met multiple US retirees here at expat get-togethers who were in the process of sorting out their Czech "exit" and either return to the US of move to some other country, because their dream retirement place has in the meantime seriously deteriorated and the small pension or savings that they came with here, to boost their quality of life considerably at the time, nowadays barely affords them a decent life. One notable exception was an elderly lady we met who, along with her now gone husband had the brilliant idea in 2001 when they moved here to scoop up multiple flats with the proceeds of the house they sold back in the US when they relocated, and now those 3 flats she has, plus the one she lives in, all within "old" Prague, Petrská čtvrť area, I'm sure altogether it's worth at least 1.5mio $, maybe more, not shabby at all and probably 7-800% return as they bought each in a bad state and renovated it.
The conclusion...no, Prague is far from being a cheap retirement location..think Bulgaria, Greece, Romania, Serbia, over there you bucks will go the furthest and probably quality of life is better than here.
Rent transportation
is easy to survive with $800 month for month?
To be honest, 90000 CZK (equivalent of 4000 USD) would be very less if gross, and if net, it would be barely manageable for 6 people to live on, as in you would be in a real struggle.
Things to consider in your budget:
- minimum 30 000 CZK would go on rent, and I would say this is a happy case if you find a 3 or 4 bedroom apt, which I would assume is quite small still for a family with 3 kids + a grandmother to live in. Forget about any houses with garden or anything like that, for a house you would have to pay that entire salary
- the other expenses, what they call poplatky here (water, heating, refuse, etc.), plus electricity, internet, mobile phones will run you at least another 10 000 I would thing for a family of 6.
- transport, basic food shopping, without any going out, I would say maybe 15-20 000 for 6 at a rather frugal level with cooking at home, taking home-cooked food to work/school, etc.
- health insurance costs, don't know what your employer might cover, but I'm quite certain they will not cover all 6 of you, so factor in probably at least another 7-8000/month, which by the way is mandatory in some cases (as in the visa of your family members will depend on health insurance contributions)
So as you can see, without adding and casual or luxury expenses. I assume if coming from UAE hopefully the time spent there and the better pay has afforded you the possibility to accumulate some savings, so if you just want to spend 1-2 years in Prague and see how you'll get along it might be a good experience, but definitely consider doing some hard negotiating to try to increase your pay. If your spouse has an in-demand degree/occupation, then of course things could be a lot easier, if she can get at least a part-time, well paying job, although I don't know if she would be willing to do so with 3 children.
If you have a chance to consider offers from other locations, such as Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland, Scandinavia, definitely look at other options too, as Prague is very quickly becoming very expensive for local pay, and even locals are starting to leave in droves due to the big cut in quality of life with all these hikes, mainly in property prices/rents, but of course many other services followed suit, and there doesn't seem to be any sign of relief anytime soon.
Good luck with whatever you choose.
I have got an offer from Prague from one of the reputable IT firm.
They are offering me 4000 US$ /month which I don't know how much in the local currency?
I have wife, 3 kids and my old mother with me. Can anyone please share the details about living expense, schooling, medical felicities etc etc?
Is this package is sufficient to settle there? Currently I am working in UAE with much more high package however, you cannot trust/rely on the current job situation here as well.
Thanks & BR.
For a city break Prague is beautiful but thats it. If you expect people to respect you as a foreigner dont even bother.
I have a fully furnished 2+kk 60m2 flat in a very nice gated community for 22000czk, all services included."
2kk is 1 bedroom. How much is a 3 bedroom, in the same gated community you're talking about, that is if they have such type of flats. I'm guessing probably around 35-40k or more including services. Much-much too much for local salaries.
I'm renting a not-very-big 2+1 flat as they call it here, its less than 70m2 altogether including a decent sized balcony, in a newer building, and I'm paying 4150 expenses per month, which they told me is prepayments and that it should be lowered a bit maybe after 1 year, as I'm just one person and previously the flat was occupied by a couple. But still, 4150 CZK is close to 150 quid or about 165 EUR, which seems excessively much - mind you the flat has no gym, pool or any of those amenities. And of course I'm paying for electricity and internet separately. The amounts for these expenses seem to vary quite widely, but overall I haven't seen much lower amounts then 2.5-3000 CZK/month. So my question to somebody that lives here longer is: who pockets all this money? Are the developers somehow clawing back some more money via some nonsense charges, or how exactly can such amounts be justified? Being very well insulated as I can see so far, I don't think there's too much heating needed that could explain this huge amount for "poplatky".
I forgot to mention that I am married and my friends' 50K+ comments was for 2 person. (Max 25K rent with utilities, public transportation and reasonable going out days / entertainment options.) I hope this will help people who are looking for salary/expense information.
The main difference is that here in Prague, the situation of housing is in dire straits. They are hardly building anything at all (evident when you come here) as well as there is a good mix of sleazy, money grabbing property agents who will do anything and everything to squeeze as much $$$ from you as they can. Of course, not much different to many other places (hence the newly passed laws in the UK limiting the staggering fees that agents can extract from renters) but the main issue remains of there not being enough housing, so in affordability terms, you need a really good and stable job here just to afford a basic flat, unless you are willing to live in shared accommodation well into your 30s as many people here do.
I want to ask to negative commentators about what is the reason of fluctuations and also can't people see decent future? What is the difference from global slowdown all over the world? Please feel free to share news, articles etc. when you have time. So I and also people like John can understand situation clearly.
No magic involved, they just struggle a lot, get multiple job, enlist the help of parents (locals), some were lucky to inherit some flat or house, but for many, it is a daily struggle indeed and that is why while there is a strong influx of expats here, while many local people, as well as expats from 1st wave, those "locked out" of being able to have an affordable life are leaving Prague to greener pastures.
I'll just leave a few thoughts and answer some of your questions:
- regarding the salary, I'm afraid that your salary offer in Prague looks to me like a downgrade of your current buying power in current city, at least according to Numbeo, the main reason of course being the huge dent that the rent would put in your monthly earnings here in Prague; including allowance for the 1 child, your net will still be a rather low 34164 CZK, this is about about 1330 euros expressed in Euros, which might seem more than double what you have now, however the fact that you own or can use a flat there for free, makes a huge difference.
- a 1 bedroom apt. (what they call here 2+KK or 2+1) which I guess is the bare minimum a couple with a small child needs, will cost you at the very least 14-15000 CZK/month in rent only, and this is for something rather basic and quite far from the center, and probably some 4-5000 CZK on top of that for all the other utilities. So its unlikely that you can find anything for less than 20000 CZK per month in housing costs, which translates to almost 800 euros
- if you simply deduct 800 from you net salary estimate of 1330 euros, you can see you are left with 500-550 EUR, so back to square one, wouldn't seem to me like an increase in standard of living compared to Oradea, Romania
Add to that the fact that many things are quite a bit more expensive here, again taking mainly numbeo as reference. Your net salary in Romania seems to be +50% above the average net salaries in that city, whereas here, your average net salary would only be some 15% above average
My advice - if you really want to move, especially with a small child and put roots somewhere, Prague is NOT the place for you, not in this context where property prices are gone through the roof, and not unless you have a very well paying job, I mean at least double or more what they offered you. Look instead to Scandinavia, Netherlands, Germany, the UK even while you still can, as the quality of life is still above here IMHO, as well as you have to consider the future of your child. He/she will be much better off with an English or German or Scandinavian education than with Czech - I don't have kids and Czech schools might be good indeed, however they don't particularly emphasize from what I've heard towards a "global" education that would put the kids in a very favorable position for a future career, as for the opportunities here in Czech Republic, they are not bad, but far from being considered 1st class.
Good luck with everything, hope it works out well for you!
We are not expecting any luxury as I know Prague is quite expensive and we do have a bit of savings plus we are going to sell car before moving, so should have some 9-10 000 euro as backup. I am from Romania, (Oradea) earning about the equivalent of 650 euros here (net), which we get on fine but that's also because my wife has a flat inherit from parents so we don't pay the rent here. We are moving for better/more civilized life, as well as hopefully better opportunities for a career in Prague, for both me an my wife in long run, as well as I hear public schooling is quite good, whereas in Romania it's horrible.
What do you think?
https://www.e15.cz/minimalni-mzda-2019
I was talking about average NET salaries. But I completely agree with you that in general the numbers from any government office shouldn't be trusted, as they don't tend too efficient.
Czech Rep. as a whole = 33840 CZK gross, which works out to about 25377 NET
Prague = 41851 CZK gross, which means 30901 CZK NET. This translates to almost exactly 1200 EUR/month or 1347 USD/month. So no, the average net salary in Prague is not 1075 USD, its quite a bit higher than that.
As for the number here on Numbeo which I see is now showing 28788, this is not far from the official statistical info, so I guess could be taken as truthful enough. This being a website that relies on user-input, its normal that there will be slight differences from official statistics.
There are many net wage calculators online, I used platy.cz for the above
Anyway you put it, cost of housing, be it rent/mortgage is WAAAAAAY too high in Prague compared to what people earn on average. I went thru the experience of having to find a new flat myself recently as my previous one was being put on the market for sale, and finding the new flat too rent felt MUCH more difficult now that the last time I went through having to find a flat, which was in early 2017.
By much more difficult I mean the prices went up significantly (I had increased my budget by 15-20% compared to what I was paying in current flat which itself was increased after 1 year in 2018), and despite that the number of results I was getting in my searches were like less than 1/2 compared to roughly 2 years ago, as well as I notice landlord are getting a lot more picky, a lot more demanding, as they obviously can sense the great position of bargaining they find themselves in - its not uncommon to see some people advertising a flat at one price and then few days later the ad is updated with a new higher price. Plus many will insist to add a clause of inflation-linked automatic rent increase once or twice per year.
I've had someone tell me that his landlord, for an average sized studio flat (1+1) in Vinohrady , had wanted to increase the rent from 17000 CZK that he was paying for the last 3 years, straight to 24000 CZK, saying that this is the "fair price" according to the market. To make things worse, the way it works here all the fees of a real-estate transaction are payed by the buying/renting side, meaning that agents are also quite aggressive with their tactics, often encouraging the owner to put a higher rent than what he had in mind, because for them its a direct benefit (higher rent = higher fee).
At the end of the day, besides the obvious problem of lack of enough newly built places, there's also a huge lack of regulation here to dissuade this kind of blatant profiteering, hence why nowadays you see everyone and their mother becoming real estate agents over night, some without any kind of license, simply doing it as a side job to get some extra earnings, probably so they can afford their own ever increasing rent :)
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/sep/19/britain-housing-catastrophe-harry-leslie-smith-childhood
Its all about the relentless greed and the refusal of the government(s) to do anything about it. Decent housing, having a roof over your head without the worry that you might lose it tomorrow should not be reserved for the elites but for every hardworking individual, no matter what job he does. Its unfortunate that this is the reality we live in right now, but there doesn't seem to be any relief anytime soon, neither in Prague nor in Britain or many other places.
57k Net is OK for a single person, definitely. Budget about 20k for rent+fees (1bdr flat or studio) if you're not picky about being in a central area. If you want to be in a central area, add at least 5k more and probably you'll be in a smaller space.
Unfortunately cost of living in Prague is increasing by the minute, anything from rent to other costs, so maybe try to also negotiate a higher salary.
Is it okay for a single unmarried/without kids person?
I think I can also negotiate to work in Brno.
What do you guys think?