Cost of Living in Vienna

Hi. I will come over to your beautiful country for a master's degree at uni Wien. So how much will i pay for daily breakfast, lunch and dinner at the dorm? if i need to buy the foods how much should i pay for the raw material in a daily basis and how much should i pay from the dorm (wien 1030, or 1090) to the university Wien by U-Bahn? is the Bahn the cheapest option? i am not into convenience and luxury. i will have a low budget. how much will i be paid for 12 hours per week? please make replies with an estimation. I know myself that the questions are hard to answer
best regards
Viele Gruesse
Sarah

@Vishal: I think this is not very true. I have to admit that I am quite well educated and so everybody! of my friends speaks English perfectly. It may be right that in some parts of the city there are many people not speaking English. But in general I guess you will have no problems.
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.

I live in Seattle area and I have the opportunity of moving to Vienna area with my wife and 2 kids. What would be a good income to live comfortably and possibly set some money a side? We are not big spenders, we eat out 2 times a month and we like to cook at home and just hang out in the weekends.

Is 2200 EUR net per month Will it be sufficient for a husband wife and 1 year old kid

I'm going to Vienna for the study. Pleace tel me your advices thank you a lot

Hi. I am a foreigner living and working in Vienna for 16 years now. contrary to some people saying that people here are not friendly and never smile, they are completely wrong. please don`t be misled by the information you get, and from the folks`s expression that you actually see once you get here. Austrians are great people, their culture and values. Vienna is rated internationally as number one city in the whole world for seven consecutive years, and Vienna would not be voted number one for nothing. For 16 years living here, i have never experienced not even once where i felt i was never welcomed. in fact, i am even employed by an Austrian where i am the only asian working in the company and i am completely welcomed. of course there are a few who do not want foreigners in their land but to think about it, it happens everywhere even in the poorest and richest places on earth.

about the cost of living in Vienna, i earn over two thousand Euro a month and i am renting a government owned apartment. as long as you dont live so luxuriously like a millionaire, with that salary, i can still save something.

The worst city i have ever seen
Most of these people are racist & who ever goes there they think that you're gonna suck they're blood.
And also any one want to buy fruit in vienna you can go reumanplatz station and go to turkish bazaar and etsan supermarket its much cheaper to buy many things.
For your city transportation use weekly or monthly tickets.
Do not sign in fitinn gym . It will charge you for year incase if you don't use it still they will charge you. Use mcfit gym because you can signin for month.
Lidel and billa and penny is better for shopping.
Email me any question at tenrado@yahoo.com for whom wants to stay for 6 month or less

Hi! I'm from Kosovo,I have just accepted to study in university of Wien,but I don't have I job and plase to stay can anyone find mee a job,I'll be greatfull and very happy .I can do any job.I can speak english very good and german a little

should i accept an offer of 2200EUR per month? Will it be sufficient for a husband wife and 2 year old kid?

Hii me Saeed I want to move from Russia to Austria for study exchange program did is possible and what kind of thing required?

Hi
i will be working in Wallnerstraße, 1010 Wien area. Which international school is closer there and were would be the best place to live so that my 10 year old can go to school alone
and still get to work without so much hassle? many thank you for your help.
M

Hi, I'm going to relocate to Vienna for Lead Software Engineer position, employer offers 60k gross. Is it fair remuneration? Will it be enough for a couple? What will be the level of life for the couple?

Will be renting apartment. Is it also possible to rent garage space for my tools? at what cost?

Hi i will come in Vienna next month on Red White Red card immigration i have to find job in 6 months In the beginning i may do odd jobs as well but i would do a job of my field which is engineering i am Asian. Can anyone please tell me what are the chances of odd jobs or low level jobs from the beginning.
Shall be thankful to you for this favour

Hi Guys,

I have a query here,please help me out with your answers

I have an job offer which would pay me 2200€ net per month in Vienna, I would be coming alone. So how much would it cost on average for an individual on monthly expenses including accommodation, food and travel in Vienna. How about renting an individual house with one bedroom.

Would this amount be enough, how much is enough to live with out any problem and with out any sacrifices?

Please post your answers soon. Thanks in advance

Regards

For the people considering a job in Vienna, don't. Look elsewhere ie. Graz, Innsbruck, Salzburg, Linz. Vienna's prices are rising every two months due to greedy and incapable politicians. The crime rate is exponentially increasing. Every 5th person roaming the streets is of Turkish/Romanian/Ukrainian descent.There have been many reported sexual assaults on women in the past two years, and that number just gets bigger every year. Just last year, I was robbed at gunpoint by an Eastern European gang in a district that should be considered 'safe'. A couple of weeks ago, there was a shoot-out between two tschechien mafia families in a park. The media desperately tries to hide these facts but I feel that people have the right to know what really goes on in the city. I can assure you, that Vienna shouldn't be in the 'safest city' rankings and the reason why it still shows up in these lists is solely due to payed marketing.

#A tourist on Aug 16, 2014 :
sorry you had such problems but i hardly ever meet people from/in vienna who do not speak english, friends from english speaking countries who wanted to learn german here had problems to learn german because everybody no matter where could and wanted to speak english with them

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#S.Dwane on Sep 05, 2014 :
I received a job offer for around 77k (14x5500).

Is this enough to survive in Vienna with a wife and small child (2 years old)? My wife will not work (at least not from the beginning).

Thanks.

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Hey Mr. S! I moved to Vienna just some 6 months ago, but I think I may be of help (being student living on tight budget, knowing all the prices, expenses and so on). I must admit I chuckled a bit at your question (no bad intention there)! I don't know where are you coming from, but with month salary of 5500€, you may as well "live like a king" here haha I don't know what kind of life you are used to, but let's say you could rent a very nice and spacy center-located flat, buy lots of quality food from supermarkets, get some nice clothes every month, pay the car insurance every month and so on. Unless you're used to very luxurious life, you should be more than fine!

On other side, if the 5500€ salary is brutto, which would leave you with about 3000€ (I guess) of netto salary per month, you could still live nice and without bigger worries, though not in middle of the centre (but you'd still be not so far away).

Even when the both partners are working, I dare to say they that in lot of the cases total income would be well under 5500€ (again, if we're talking about netto), and even if it was brutto, you'd still be in the group of people with quite average household income (not to mention you only have a one child, and a little one for that matter, so the expenses for he/she are not as big as they would be for a teenager).

Bottom line - you really shouldn't worry! Brutto or netto, your life should vary between good and very good.

I hope I was helpful! All the best to you and your family, N.

I have visited Vienna (as a tourist), it is a beautiful city, and I like to comment about the city and people. I hope people of Vienna also read this comment.
As many of travellers to Vienna say, transportations are accelerant in the city.
If you travel to Vienna, unlike many countries in Asia, you will find people in Vienna so serious, no smiles and no welcomes in supermarkets, and in shopping. No one seems to know English (or do not want to communicate in English). Every where, driving signs, food products in supermarkets, etc, all are in German language. If you need to ask questions in English language, you should only ask from foreigners who live there.
When you go around, it looks the Vienna people do not like foreigners or do not like tourists.

There are a lot of people from Turkey, Arabic countries (Egypt, Syria, ...), Rwanda, Bosnia, Croatia, Albania, Romanian, Pakistani, Iranian, Indian... are living in Vienna. Many of them are working mostly as own business.

Room in shared apartments costs average 350 per month. There´s always additional payment for gas&electrisity after 6 months. Around same amount is needed for food per month. Dorm rooms are around 250 per month.

Transportation is really good, students younder than 30 yrs old have discount on ticket, usually yearly ticket for u-bahn, tram and bus is 365 Euro and is worth to have it. Trains are fast, never late, buses and trams as well. There are many connections.

I´d say for a student is around 1000 euro per month needed for all expences.

Job is extremly hard to find. It´s austrian tradition to find it thru aquentances and friends. It´s hard to find a job thru job postings although there are many (half of them expired but they are still rolling on the internet). If you apply regularly, you can get job earlierst within a year, usually takes 2 years to find it.

Hi: I would love to come visit there to find family & possibly live 1day .any help on cost in US $$ & what do I need to do to live there? Any help would be appreciated .. Thank u