Summary about cost of living in Vienna, Austria:
Restaurants | |
Range |
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Meal, Inexpensive Restaurant | 10.00 € | |
Meal for 2 People, Mid-range Restaurant, Three-course | 50.00 € | |
McMeal at McDonalds (or Equivalent Combo Meal) | 8.00 € | |
Domestic Beer (1 pint draught) | 4.00 € | |
Imported Beer (12 oz small bottle) | 4.00 € | |
Cappuccino (regular) | 3.45 € | |
Coke/Pepsi (12 oz small bottle) | 2.69 € | |
Water (12 oz small bottle) | 2.17 € | |
Markets | |
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Milk (regular), (1 gallon) | 4.27 € | |
Loaf of Fresh White Bread (1 lb) | 1.47 € | |
Rice (white), (1 lb) | 0.76 € | |
Eggs (regular) (12) | 3.00 € | |
Local Cheese (1 lb) | 4.84 € | |
Chicken Fillets (1 lb) | 3.82 € | |
Beef Round (1 lb) (or Equivalent Back Leg Red Meat) | 5.74 € | |
Apples (1 lb) | 0.93 € | |
Banana (1 lb) | 0.82 € | |
Oranges (1 lb) | 1.01 € | |
Tomato (1 lb) | 1.11 € | |
Potato (1 lb) | 0.66 € | |
Onion (1 lb) | 0.61 € | |
Lettuce (1 head) | 1.14 € | |
Water (1.5 liter bottle) | 0.59 € | |
Bottle of Wine (Mid-Range) | 6.00 € | |
Domestic Beer (0.5 liter bottle) | 1.00 € | |
Imported Beer (12 oz small bottle) | 1.69 € | |
Cigarettes 20 Pack (Marlboro) | 5.50 € | |
Transportation | |
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One-way Ticket (Local Transport) | 2.40 € | |
Monthly Pass (Regular Price) | 38.00 € | |
Taxi Start (Normal Tariff) | 4.00 € | |
Taxi 1 mile (Normal Tariff) | 2.29 € | |
Taxi 1hour Waiting (Normal Tariff) | 27.80 € | |
Gasoline (1 gallon) | 4.48 € | |
Volkswagen Golf 1.4 90 KW Trendline (Or Equivalent New Car) | 23,460.00 € | |
Toyota Corolla Sedan 1.6l 97kW Comfort (Or Equivalent New Car) | 20,294.29 € | |
Utilities (Monthly) | |
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Basic (Electricity, Heating, Cooling, Water, Garbage) for 915 sq ft Apartment | 192.09 € | |
1 min. of Prepaid Mobile Tariff Local (No Discounts or Plans) | 0.06 € | |
Internet (60 Mbps or More, Unlimited Data, Cable/ADSL) | 33.69 € | |
Sports And Leisure | |
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Fitness Club, Monthly Fee for 1 Adult | 27.52 € | |
Tennis Court Rent (1 Hour on Weekend) | 20.00 € | |
Cinema, International Release, 1 Seat | 10.00 € | |
Childcare | |
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Preschool (or Kindergarten), Full Day, Private, Monthly for 1 Child | 243.76 € | |
International Primary School, Yearly for 1 Child | 16,000.00 € | |
Clothing And Shoes | |
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1 Pair of Jeans (Levis 501 Or Similar) | 77.43 € | |
1 Summer Dress in a Chain Store (Zara, H&M, ...) | 32.31 € | |
1 Pair of Nike Running Shoes (Mid-Range) | 82.67 € | |
1 Pair of Men Leather Business Shoes | 122.93 € | |
Rent Per Month | |
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Apartment (1 bedroom) in City Centre | 900.77 € | |
Apartment (1 bedroom) Outside of Centre | 642.22 € | |
Apartment (3 bedrooms) in City Centre | 1,555.77 € | |
Apartment (3 bedrooms) Outside of Centre | 1,164.32 € | |
Buy Apartment Price | |
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Price per Square Feet to Buy Apartment in City Centre | 714.19 € | |
Price per Square Feet to Buy Apartment Outside of Centre | 425.03 € | |
Salaries And Financing | |
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Average Monthly Net Salary (After Tax) | 2,334.03 € | |
Mortgage Interest Rate in Percentages (%), Yearly, for 20 Years Fixed-Rate | 2.13 |
Would you like to live and work in Vienna?
Cost of Living in Wiener Neustadt | 37.99 miles |
Cost of Living in Steyr | 104.27 miles |
Cost of Living in Leonding | 115.18 miles |
Cost of Living in Linz | 115.35 miles |
Cost of Living in Graz | 123.77 miles |
Cost of Living in Salzburg | 184.81 miles |
Cost of Living in Klagenfurt | 201.29 miles |
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Salary: approx. 1900 net each month, 2200 net on the 13th and 14th payment (as they are taxed less)
Rent: you should be fine around 1000
Utilities: 100
Internet: 30
Food: depends on you, but I'd say 200 per week including occasionally eating somethin out
Medical:free
Insurance: depends what insurance you are referring to, medical insurance is covered by the employer
Mobile: 20
TV-tax: 25 per month (if you own a TV)
INCOME
Salary: 40k per year equals 2.9k gross and 1.9knet since you're paid 14x a year?
SHARED COSTS
Rent for 1 bedroom appt.: 1000-1500 p/m
Utilities: 100-200 p/m
Internet: 15-35 p/m
Food: 750-1000 p/m
TOT: 950 - 1400 per person p/m
PERSONAL COSTS
Transport: 365 p/y
Medical: free or set aside 100 p/m?
Insurance: covered by company?
Mobile: 20 p/m
TOT: 150 p/m (avg)
So total costs p/p would be 1100 - 1550 p/m?
Am I missing any costs in this list?
Thanks!
Monthly salary is usually paid 14 times a year in Austria. Moreover, the 13th and 14th salary are taxed very low, so your net salary is higher.
Thus, it's better to calculate with yearly figures. The gross/net calculator of the Ministry of Finance will help you: https://rechner.cpulohn.at/bmf.gv.at/familienbonusplus/#bruttoNetto_familienbonus (unfortunately only in German).
For your two children you will also receive monthly child benefit (for both currently a little more than 260€) plus other tax benefits. Apart from that, they are insured for free in your public health insurance.
So you will get along with your salary better than you think. However, everything I have written here does not apply if you work for an international organization (UN, EU, ...) and therefore their rules apply.
Nevertheless, the problem is the rent. 1300€ in the 19th district for 4 rooms seems ambitious to me. But the rent depends on the duration of the contract. Unlimited rents are expensive, the shorter the duration, the cheaper the rent must be.
All the best for your stay in Vienna, you will enjoy it!
Martin
We are a family with 2 children, aged 10 and 7 and we are thinking to relocate to Vienna. According to Numbeo, for a decent/medium life style we would need 2189 EUR, without rent, without vacation and 5% of the time eating out (very rarely - the lowest option) only in cheap restaurants, low car driving.
I've looked a bit for rents on willhaben.at for 4 room apartment in a decent district (district 19 for example) and prices are close to 1300 EUR per month, total rent.
So living expenses in Viena including rent would be 3489 EUR.
I am in discussion with a job which offers around 3650 EUR NET per month, according to official salary calculator. I will be the single earner in the family in the first 1 - 2 years. So we will use almost entire salary just to be able to live in Vienna, without being able to save anything.
Is Numbeo's estimation for cost of living correct ? For example it estimates around 1000 EUR per month just for food at home, which seems pretty high.
What are the other difficulties one can encounter in Vienna?
Do I need an University degree to work in IT in Vienna?
would anyone be able to advise if 2.700 EUR net income would suffice for a single person to live in Vienna?
Thanks a lot!
As far as needing to speak German, sure it helps but as a visitor all I ever needed was my cell phone and google maps and I was able to travel all over Europe without needing to ask anyone anything as far as directions were concerned. Really, it is so easy to get directions on a cell phone.
The thing about Vienna, though, is the large number of truly excellent museums, galleries, and sites. San Francisco can't compare to Vienna in this category, Los Angeles is probably similar as well as New York.
Now I live in Australia, the weather is great, its easy to find a place to live, plenty of work, hospitals are free, the ocean is blue...
I will be in Vienna for about 2 months, and I have found a short term rental service that offered me an apartment for 1600 euros /month. Do you think this is ok? it is close to city center (1030).
I wanted to ask you also if i will be alone, would it be enough to live with 2000 euros during those 2 months? Thanks in advance for your help!
I'm living in Vienna for about 1.5 yrs. I'm a foreigner from Asia.
Just wanted to share my experience so, few would get benefit.
Cost of living for a family of Couples + 1 Kid
Food --> EUR 500 / Month (occasionally eating outside)
Travel --> EUR 365 / Year or EUR 54 / Month which every is easy for you, but Vienna has excellent computation
Safety --> One of the best place to live in this world.
Culture--> Famous for its best
Climate --> It will peak upto 33C in summary and freeze upto -15C in winter, but 3/4 of year is good climate with floating 5C to 20C.
Medical care --> If you are covered by company well and good, if you have government covered very good. If you are not cover in the above two, its very expensive to get private players. They will eat your money.
Good medical system in Vienna.
Clothing --> Its OK i would rate it medium pricing, you can still find some shops with offers and discounts.
Internet --> Home WIFI package start from EUR 15 to 35 based on speed. Mobile Internet may goes upto EUR 20/month.
Language --> Yes if you know, "AUSTRIAN" German you always have edge over. If you don't know German, better to learn, but I could still survey without knowing it. But planning to Learn no more excuse. I use to buy from local market my daily stuffs without knowing German, not always profitable.
Education --> You have Government School (100% German) --Free, Bilingual School (80% German) -- cost depends on which area you stay and Off-course International Schools (Only English Medium) --> EUR 10000,00/Year Minimum.
Apartment --> Getting Rent Apartment is little challenge here, there is concept of Private holder/companies playing, holding 80% of total available, where they generally ask for 2mm to 3mm + 20% tax as commission you have to pay. Finding Right place and right price is not easy but need to consistently search. On an average EUR 250-400 per person on a sharing basis. If you wanted to have separate apartment 1BHK or 2BHK or 3BHK minimum starts with EUR 700 and claims upto EUR 2000 based on your priority.
Note: there is another category called Fully Furnished Apartment, Partially Furnished and Un-Furnished Apartment. Price also depends on this.
Another important this is, utility (Electricity, Warm Water, Heating, Maintenance, Parking, Household Insurance etc) make sure you double check when you rent the apartment. I had some bad experience with this.
Taxing: Austria Taxes at very high slab. Always check with you company.
On an average for a couple with one kid (7 yrs old) would need at-least EUR 2500/month to survey with moderate life style. (After TAX)
Hope this is helpful far someone as base start.
BR
Sara
but this doesn't just happen in Vienna! I AM actually from Vienna and I live in Melbourne, Australia for nearly 19 years. So far, I could not make friends here either. I think it also depends on your age. The younger you are the easier you make friends. My boys (now adults) went to school in Australia and that's where they made friends (for life). All my friends are in Vienna because I know most of them since school.
I am also aware that I will never make friends in Australia and just like you, I accepted this dreadful situation which sometimes makes me feel very lonely but as we say here "such is life".
I would say the biggest problem I've had in Vienna is the people not the prices.
They are polite enough but they're not welcoming or friendly.
I'm a white European who has been here over 6 years now and I speak pretty good German so I could easily pass for a local accept for my accent, I hang out with Austrians, work with Austrians, drink with Austrians and even sleep with Austrians, yet I have no Austrian friends. All my friends are foreigners. Foreigners who have also lived here for many years, most of whom speak fluent German and have the same issues with the locals as I do.
After trying really hard to get in with the locals for about 3 years, joining groups and inviting myself to parties and events, I eventually gave up and accepted reality.
If you are a foreigner here, you will always be a foreigner, which is a weird feeling if Austria is your home.
3300gross=2200net.
Education is free - still reserve here 100€ a month for diff stuff.
Medical care is 'free' like - reserve here 100€ a month. Apartment rent = 1000€. Utilities 200€ a month. Transportation costs - 100€ a month (for all 4 of you, if you get the 365 pass).
Left for food and clothing 700€.
I see as okay (rarely eating in restaurants of course, and not aiming for LuisVuiton and PRADA :) )
I understood the reasonable priced flats are very hard to find. But what if a am ready to pay more but just to find a place for my family within 1month? What is that rental amount which can almost guarantee me finding a 2-3 room flat within 1month?
It took me 4 months to find a decent place. Apparently the main reason for this is AirBNB,
and the recent migrant crisis. A private landlord I spoke to who had a few apartments said all of them were rented out by government tenants - meaning they were used for "refugee" housing.
And these days less than 10% of the properties are rented privately.
Which means you can expect to pay an agent 2000-3000 euros provision, for simply placing the ad. which is a complete scam.
( you do not get any of this money back, it's not a deposit )
I refused to pay provision, so it took me much longer.
And as somebody else mentioned in the comments, a lot of the private places have curious problems.
Here are just a few select examples I saw while flat hunting:
One I went to see had no lights at all, which they let us view at night time, so we all had to walk around like miners with our cell phone lights trying to inspect the place. Another place I saw was sub street level with bare concrete floors and no heating.
A couple were renovated attic apartments, which means you are basically living in a roof, freezing to death in winter and roasting to death in summer, also the angles of the roof mean that you can't put furniture against the wall, and if you are 6ft or taller, you'll spend half your life crouching over. Using the kitchen counter was physically impossible for me.
Another place had a kitchenette in the entrance of the apartment, fabricated from cheap unfinshed wood, the bedroom directly opposite the entrance had double doors, but only one could open because the other was blocked by the shitty kitchenette.
Another apartment had a toilet/shower about the size of barbie's broom closet, connected to the kitchen, you would basically sit on the loo to take a shower, and god help you if you need to take a dump while somebody is cooking.
And lastly there was a place that had a shower in the kitchen.... no walls, no separator, just a shower in the corner of the kitchen.
The thing is, people are so desperate, even these places are taken on the first day.
After tax I'm getting around 2000 euro, the cost of my flat ( rent, elec, heating, internet ) is over 1k.
so, about 50% of my wages go straight to my housing.
Just a few years ago I was only spending 1/4 to 1/3 of my salary on housing.
I like Vienna as a city, but I'm having a hard time finding reasons to stay.
If you are single you can find a good flat for 700€ per month. Water, gas and electricity 100€. Food is expensive, I would say 400€ per month. Transportation is around 40€ per month, so you are left with 400€ per month, and you still didnt buy cloth and other stuff.
Vienna has a terrible weather, sometimes we dont see the sun for WEEKS
Normal precipitation levels throughout the year; all four seasons are present and in the appropriate way (summer warm, winter snow, fall colors, spring flowers and birds).
As a discomfort for Vienna i would list the "too many foreigners" (many of these behave inappropriately, littering streets and parks as in their home country)
One of best MedicalCare in Europe, strong schools, healthy environment and low crime rate. What would i need more for my children?
Food cost is very cheap for a city like Vienna (comparing to other European capitals). Accommodation - high, but no exaggerated (again comparing to other European capitals). People - I've met many polited and educated ones, locals. If you're smart, you can get the empathy of the other person without issues.
I would move there at a lower net salary than what i have where i currently am (and here everything is cheaper than Vienna)
@Hidi, for the names of oil companies in Vienna, please view the Vienna Yellow Pages.
@Teniir, your advice is pretty good, useful and appreciated.
In my experience, Vienna is not exactly the greatest place in the world -- unless you prefer the company of the many foreigners in the Vienna area. They're mostly Asians. You will see them everywhere. Keep in mind that Vienna is not a pleasant place -- unless you like hot and muggy summers, and freezing cold winters, the lack of parking and parking tickets, the traffic jams and bumper-to-bumper traffic, high prices, generally old and somewhat rundown) real estate. If you speak up in English, it's hard to get directions. You're pretty much on your own. All the signs are in German. If you approach pedestrians, they will avoid speaking to you. Under exceptional circumstances, a few of the locals will reply back to you in English. They seem to believe you're in Vienna. And, over there you're supposed to speak GERMAN, preferably the Austrian dialect. Additionally, if you're a single guy, Vienna is a very poor choice for you for meeting native Austrian women. They will walk by you, and ignore you completely.
I hope this helps.
I will try to answer a few of your questions. Yes U-Bahn and other public transport is the cheapest and most convenient way to get around (unless you can walk or cycle). If you're under 26 you can get a Semesterticket, which lets you use all public transport for the length of one semester and costs very little compared to other tickets. If you're older or staying for a full year you could also get a Jahreskarte, which is a ticket for a full year that costs 365€ (when paid at once) and again lets you use all public transport as much as you want within the city, and they can be returned for a refund if you leave before your year is up.
12h per week is usually "Geringfuegigkeit", which is a limit set by the government of how much you can earn extra without losing any benefits, and it also won't give you health insurance or other social insurance. Currently it's 425,70€ per month, but be aware that that is definitely not enough to live on, and you will most likely have to pay for your own health insurance. If you work more than 12h your employer will pay for your health insurance.
When I was a student a few years ago I used to have around 900€ a month and was able to rent a small one bed flat and eat whatever I felt like, although I did not go out a lot or buy fancy things (think H&M clothes and supermarket food, and alcohol maybe once or twice a month). I would say I spent around 300€ a month on food, clothes, going out etc. I have no idea what dorms cost but I assume they will be much cheaper than renting a flat.
Hope this helps.
best regards
Viele Gruesse
Sarah
And also like Bob wrote on Mar.25, 2016 a lot of things people are writing here are absolutely not true.
As there were also comments about racism. Concerning this I have to admit that lately due to the "refugee crisis" but especially due to populist, right politicians the whole country has been divided into those who want to help refugees and those who want to build up walls. Therefore I guess foreigners (esp. if coming from Syria or Afghanistan) might feel some kind of racism - but also mainly verbal...I do not really hear of physical attacks. And on the other hand they will also get a lot of help from other people. I e.g. know a number people giving free German language lessons to refugees.
I would also say that unfortunately this 'against-refugees-problem' is existing in nearly all European countries these days and not a typical Austrian problem.
Besides this, Vienna also in my opinion is one of the nicest, most beautiful cities, safe, clean, cultural and historically interesting - a place worth living.