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Dubai offer at AED 9,000 all-in, is that enough to actually save?

@dinesh_r · 4 weeks ago · United Arab Emirates

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Offer is AED 9,000 total, which they described as "salary plus allowances" with no separate housing. I am single, no dependants, and the plan is to send money home every month. Everyone tells me Dubai is tax free as if that settles it, but I cannot find honest numbers for what is left after rent. If you are on something close to this, roughly what do you actually keep at the end of the month?

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3 comments

SA@sanduni_f

On AED 9,000 all-in, sharing a room, here is roughly where mine goes: Bed space or shared room: 1,800 to 2,500 Food: 900 Transport, Nol card: 350 Phone and internet: 200 Other: 500 That leaves around 3,500 to 4,000 if you are careful. It is doable, but "tax free" is doing a lot of work in how people describe this salary.

DI@dinesh_r

This is the answer I was looking for. Asking HR for the breakdown in writing today.

RU@ruwan_b

Ask them in writing whether the 9,000 includes housing and transport allowance. "All-in" means different things to different HR departments and it changes your gratuity calculation later.