Cost of Living in Singapore

I want to visit and work at singapore but how can you help me please,
Am a sierra leonean but i love everything about singapore my second country in the world

Real Singaporean here. If you’re earning at least $6k (single) you might be able to live in Singapore and not suffer. Groceries varies on how much you cook. Eating out is cheaper than cooking, you can get a decent meal at the hawker for $5-20 depending what you order. Transport is cheap, don’t need a car, roughly $40-50 a month. Rent is the killer, $2400 and above for one bed room apartment. Or you can rent 1 room ($800-1200) with other tenants in a house but you get less privacy. You want to know what rental market is like in Singapore you can use PropertyGuru website to gage. Decent night life (can be expensive) but limited art/creativity for this place. The best thing that many expats would say is traveling to nearby countries. Bangkok/Taiwan/Korea/Malaysia/Bali and etc. Airticket cost $150-300 depending on location.

**If you have kids/family this is not a right place for your kids, you can read about it online or comments below.

Hi,

Just considering moving toward my career path, what are your thought if I could have 2 persons with total income around 15k~ no kids?

Would I be able to save some money and live in a decent apartment?

Born and bred Singaporean male for 25 years.

Moved elsewhere this year due to staggering cost of living and no hopes of owning/renting a home.

Youre better off elsewhere if your a mid-income earner 3-6k SGD /month

Salary of 11K is enough. ? with wife and 2 primary school kids?

Rentals are going up with crushing speed...hdb asking premium segment price and condo following to keep a pace acrossing Citi outskirts over 5.5K per mark

Avg salary 5-6K, workpass issues at 3.5K and 6K minimum. Current rental pricing 1 bed 3.5K. Hdb 3 bed asking price 4-5k. Only option is co-living if allowed.

Rental prices are going crazy as high as high $25000 to non luxury two bedroom $4200 Condo.... HDB still so high range $6000 to $3800.

https://www.propertyguru.com.sg/listing/23153173/for-rent-marina-bay-residences

Schools\Food and other spending... if someone pay rental/school/tax I guess 8000K even not good enough. But probably work in some cases... no idea any comments?

can 7500 SGD per month is sustaiable salary for family of 3 (husband/wife/3 year kid)......E pass...no 13 month salary...no health insurance by employer .....no accomodation by employer is given.....

Recent days prices are gone up like anything A Singaporean couple shared how their entire budget shoot up then loan rate increased from 2-3%. Government trying for their Citizen to cushion as possible (good thing) and most of them possibly manage to with some impact (like all other countries).
Horror stories are those paying rental.... As usual like other countries property agents work to keep pushing rental prices up and forcing existing tenants to look somewhere else. Prices has gone up by 70% (as article published). Reality is more complex probably rental double up in some cases and even asking price is going up every month…. infect people become greedy to ask $500 more with each ask…

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/housing-rent-prices-expats-70-increase-landlords-tenants-3060231

Howmuch an couple needs per month including or excluding rent for appartement.

the median monthly gross income in sg is 4.5k including compulsory govt CPF (equivalent of 401k) deductions of 20%. net income would be around 3.6k.

the average non-white collar singaporean earns about 2-3k salaries and are able to survive as they don't rent and live with family who own a house. not much of a rental culture in singapore.

a single expat will be able to live comfortably on 5-6k/month if they don't splurge on restaurants daily and take public transport (it takes max 1.5 hours to travel the country from one end to the other on our trains).

if you are bringing school-going kids, private schools for foreigners are expensive (2-3k monthly per kid). companies should cover healthcare insurance.

main expense will be rental. the prices are quite accurate but take note it will keep rising as property prices are skyrocketing in the past few years. a 2 bedroom HDB flat that can house a family of 3 in the suburbs (tampines, yishun, jurong, etc) would be about 2-3.5k give or take, the closer you are to town/city center area it would be around 4-5k.

Condominiums are pricier than HDB flats but have security guards and facilities like swimming pools and slightly more privacy and quietness (but you can run into bad neighbours anywhere). there are no crime hotspots.

usually singaporeans don't live in town unless they have rich families or they want to emulate the high flyer rich businessman lifestyle (i.e. steve in keppel bay in the comments below)

Hello everyone!
Is a salary of 6000S$ enough for a family of three ( Husband, wife and 1 year old kid)? Can we rent a house for about 3000S$?

Wish to live in Singapore and setup a business. Whats the stake?, what kind of business would b very lucrative in Singapore. What's the business environment like in Singapore? Replies needed pls. Thanks

these are some major supermarkets in Singapore.

https://www.fairprice.com.sg/
https://giant.sg/
https://www.allforyou.sg/
https://coldstorage.com.sg/ - this is at higher price end.

you may watch youtube on Singapore too to source cheap place to eat around the area

if you work in CBD area, high chance of you staying in Orchard - expensive
if you work in Changi, high change of you staying in Bedok, Tampines.

you do not need to stay in Condo/Apartment, for a 2A + 1 Child, renting a 3 room flat is quite decent.

Overall Singapore is a very nice country to live in.

Btw I am a local Singaporean earning only S$4k per month.

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@mag school per month for my kids is 8k

Singapore is a very clean modern city with all of the conviences.There's alot of different types of payscales mentioned here but that's normal. However expect to pay more for most everything especially living in a very safe city that's well run. One of the cleanest cities I've ever visited, Singapore.

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I don't understand why there are so many comments asking if X and Y is a good enough pay. Do your own calculations for god's sake. you have made it all the way here to get a good-paying job and you need help with this??? Use some common sense and the figures given above c'mon.

If you spend like a king, of course no amount of money is going to be good enough for you. If you want to have savings, whether you are getting a 7k or a 15k, be realistic about "eating out". As many have pointed out, Singapore is indeed one of the most expensive countries to live in. But companies here are willing to shell out huge money for expats. No money for school tuition? Consider home tuition or tutor your kids yourself before sending them to schools.. I'd say forget about living in the city, stay further out and take a train. Forget about a car, this will kill you first. medical insurance etc. these should be covered by your company. Buy less junk when shopping for groceries > eat less junk > fall sick less > less hefty medical bills. SIMPLE??? Singapore is a very small country so entertainment is limited to your theme parks, bars, pubs etc, limit them and you won't spend so much. you don't have to go to USS every other month. For the most part, what an average person here would count as entertainment is free - parks, art galleries etc. growing your grey matter for free. For the money you are getting paid, highly likely you'll have much time to enjoy these so often anyway. Not much difference from your home country. BTW, the median salary here in Singapore is about 3.6 ~ 3.8k. I don't see any of them on the streets? Yes we complain, but we make do with what we have. If this is not the life for you and you are worried about the pay, either ask for a higher salary you think would suffice for your high life or don't come here at all.

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I have lived in Singapore for 30 years.

Basic living cost breakdown would be something like:
Food: SGD400
Transport: SGD100
Mobile phone: SGD20 (40GB mobile plan)
Rent (1 room in a shared apartment, inclusive wifi and utilities): SGD700
Toiletries and other misc: SGD100
Total: SGD 1,320.

Eating at regular restaurants will cost you about SGD20/meal. Tobacco and alcohol are insanely expensive.

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hi iam suppose to move to Singapore in the month of august 2020 .Company offer be approx 8000 SGD per month. Apart from this company providing Accomodation for family , schooling of my child , medical insurance and medical expense for the family , one time meal for me. Also providing transport with fuel cost

Is this amount suficient for a memeber of 3 in singapore

Hi,
I'm moving from Malaysia to Singapore. I'm contemplating an offer of SGD9.8k monthly salary (excl bonus). My wife will be working full time as well. We have 2 kids whom we intend to enrol in national primary school. We would need a maid as well.

Please advise if this is comfortable enough. Many thanks

I want to study for a year in Singapore
I want to know what the 1 month cost of living is for my family besides me (SGD $ rate)

1)Partner, 6 year daughter and 4 years son
2)School charges with daycare
3)living home for (4 people)
4)Traveling for 5KM.
5)Meal expenses.

Questions?
1. SGD 4.5k. SGD 2k send back to homeland, SGD 2.5k for living in singapore.
2. Rental sharing Apartment or sharing room ? how much share or per room
3. Transportation by company ? or monthly estimation
4. Meal x 2 (Skip bfst and place it at lunch) Sat and Sun (no bfst, brunch) Dinner (simple meal)
5. Entertainment zero (no shopping, movie, pub and starbuck), Internet(mobile).
6. Estimation x 5 years before reaching 40 at SG.

For expat working in Singapore, make sure you have min. Offer of 10k (excluding bonus and taxes) if you are single, 15k if you are married, and add 3k- 5k for each child you are bringing over.

This is assuming you are expecting a moderately decent lifestyle in Singapore.

Hi,

I am expat from Canada and have an offer of SGD 110K from a reputed company in Singapore. This includes bonus paid annually. They will take care of the work pass and other formalities. As per their initial calculation, this is coming to around 7500 per month. Please help if this would be enough for my family of 3 - kid is in 8th grade so will need a good school.
Please help me make an informed decision.

Thanks.