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Warsaw, Poland

- single room flat $400-500 + expenses

- internet 6Mbps $20

- public transport $50

- restaurant downtown $10-30, sushi $30-40, kebab $3-4, mcdonald $4

- beer in a club/restaurant $3-4, 0.5 can of heineken $1.6, marlboro $4

wages are really flexible (to call it nicely), if you have clients you can make more on freelancing than even some good programmers on 9to5, a lot of good programmers are paid below average they should get but it really depends on the company. noob $700-800, avg/well-skilled $1100-2500, specialist $3000+. take it only as approx.

for the moment of writing this $1=2.8pln

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$500.00 for a single room flat in Warsaw == 1500PLN Are you sure it is that much?

Also, I call BS on "specialist" making 9000 PLN a month

P.S. Official median salary in PL is 1500PLN a month.

$400-500 = 1100-1400pln, these are prices for a single-room downtown, currently I'm looking for one and that's it for me (quick proof: http://goo.gl/q0uB ), I mean you can find better and you can find worse, but that's a reasonable price for a reasonable location.

You mean 9kpln too low or too high? I said 'from' and know people who make more (10-14k java certificated dudes with enterprise background) if that's what you're implying.

Official median salary in PL is 1500PLN a month.

Official median has been around 3000pln for years, not 1500pln, where did you get it from? Although, the truth is that the most common pay is still around 2000pln gros (GUS stats) for Poland overall, maybe that's what you're talking about. Warsaw is always a bit higher.

Rooms in Warsaw are much more expensive than in other parts of Poland.

Student's dormitories are much cheaper, but they frequently have quite terrible living condition - I pay $100 for a ~16 square meters room for three people, and it is not the worst one available.

Median salary in Warsaw is more like 4000 PLN ($1400), it can be half of that in other voivodeships, though.

Your calling BS is about 9000 PLN being too high or too low wage?

Left bank of the river is more expensive. You can find cheaper apartments on the right bank. Contrary to common belief Praga district is not ugly and dangerous as a whole and has nice locations, esp. Praga Południe. You trade paying less for some longer commuting, as you most probably work at the left bank. If you work remotely it's even more convenient.

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