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Hi,

 

First post ever and was looking for a little help......

 

currently discussing wages with a Perth based employer.....is 130,000 aud an acceptable salary for living in Perth?

 

We have no children, just me and my partner. We would like to live near the beach......I am currently researching suburbs and some recommendations would be nice.

 

I look forward to some feedback. In the near future

 

Thanks

 

Lovepug

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Hi Lovepug!!

 

We are not yet in Perth but my OH was offered a very similar salary to what you have been offered, (You need to make sure that is not including your super).

 

Will be interested in the replys - but I would say that $130,000 is a really good salary - around £60k (based on exchange rate 2.2). Is your OH planning to work too.

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Hi,

 

Thanks for replying.....the misses will most likely work, although that's a bridge to cross later.

 

I am still researching at the moment....I am worried about the cost of living to be honest.

 

Have some time with relocation person....gonna write a long list lol

 

Thanks.

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Hi Lovepug!!

 

We are not yet in Perth but my OH was offered a very similar salary to what you have been offered, (You need to make sure that is not including your super).

 

Will be interested in the replys - but I would say that $130,000 is a really good salary - around £60k (based on exchange rate 2.2). Is your OH planning to work too.

 

Where do you get 2.2 from?? I would have said a $130k AUD is closer to £86k, not £60k. Do you know something I don't? I hope you're right incidentally and I am wrong!

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Hi,

 

First post ever and was looking for a little help......

 

currently discussing wages with a Perth based employer.....is 130,000 aud an acceptable salary for living in Perth?

 

We have no children, just me and my partner. We would like to live near the beach......I am currently researching suburbs and some recommendations would be nice.

 

I look forward to some feedback. In the near future

 

Thanks

 

Lovepug

 

What line of work are you in Lovepug? I'm curious.

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Where do you get 2.2 from?? I would have said a $130k AUD is closer to £86k, not £60k. Do you know something I don't? I hope you're right incidentally and I am wrong!

 

Because the cost of living in Perth is higher than the UK, sol most people work on an exchange rate of between 2.2 to 2.5 to get a true feel of what the standard of living here gets you in dollars. So, as posted, a $130k salary is going to give about the same standard of living as 60k pounds.

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$130k is a good wage for Perth, if your wife starts working as well then you'll be pretty set up. We have a combined income of $168k and find that we are able to save a large chunk of that and spend what we like without really counting the pennys. But then we've tried to keep our household expenses as low as possible (rent etc).

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What line of work are you in Lovepug? I'm curious.

 

 

I work within Construction, I am Lead Estimator for a company that specialises in construction of infrastructure and associated assetts - Substations, Grid Sites, Treatment Works etc.....

 

My missus isnt 100% convinced yet so we will probably get over in near future for a bit of a look..... THanks for all the feedback guys, I am thinking we will be able to live on this sort of money

 

Can anyone tell me the "beach suburbs" we should look at?

 

Thanks again

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$130k is a good wage for Perth, if your wife starts working as well then you'll be pretty set up. We have a combined income of $168k and find that we are able to save a large chunk of that and spend what we like without really counting the pennys. But then we've tried to keep our household expenses as low as possible (rent etc).

 

Hi Nicola34.. out of interest, where do you rent?

Thanks, Jo

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Hi Nicola34.. out of interest, where do you rent?

Thanks, Jo

 

We rent in Subiaco, 2 bed furnished unit with a garden and parking for $450 per week. We found this on Gumtree and it's done us well for the past year. We are thinking of upgrading to something a bit nicer/more modern/bigger (which will be more rent) in the next six months.

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