Australia - Living Cost and Salary?

Question

Hi,

I am considering a job offer from Brisbane but do not have much information about Australia. Can someone please help me get started by answering (and ideally also providing useful URL's) the following questions:

1) In order of preference (cost of living being one of the key reasons, weather another reason) can you please list the Australian cities that you would recommend

2) What is a good salary for someone with about 10 years of experience in IT? What would be the ballpark salary figure that I should negotiate for?

3) What are the key perks/benefits that I should negotiate for?

4) Does having/not having Australian citizenship have any impact on the salary?

I'll be very thankful for a quick reply.

Thanx.

Answer 1

This web site is the place for you to start:

http://www.workingin-australia.com/

This one will answer tax questions:

www.immi.gov.au/skilled/index.htm

Answer 2

The cost of living in Australia is approximately 5 times that of the Philippines. This is a reasonable rule of thumb which can be applies to the housing cost as well.
You may obtain a fairly accurate scale of salaries by logging on to:
WWW.SEEK.COM.AU as there are numerous recruitment agencies listed who would advise you and there is also a list of I.T positions available on the same website.
Re housing, I suggest you log on to;
WWW.REALESTATE.COM.AU and you can see listings of houses, with photos and prices.
After you view the available positions vacant, you will have a better idea of what to negotiate for as many of the listings have the salary range shown. In the event you are asked the amount of salary you require, I would suggest you simply ask "what is the salary range?" However listed under the same website is the listing of recruiters and you can email them and ask them to provide you with the appropriate range and benefits.
I would not think that not being a citizen would have any impact on they salary range.
In the event that you are not sucessful in this present application, may I suggest you forward your C.V. direct to employers like the Electricity commission of Papua New Guinea and Fiji Electricity Authority. I suggest this because they provide all expatriots with housing and sometimes a vehicle plus they pay up to 40% gratuity which is in addition to the salary.
Good Luck!

Answer 3

i detect the fee of fruit and vegetables very low priced, whilst in comparison with my studies in the previous shifting from the united kingdom to Australia. Bananas will quickly be returned to the extra established value of around $a million kg. in spite of the indisputable fact that, do now not purchase fruit and veg interior the considerable 2 Supermarkets, they are damned high priced there. on the known salary, it is not too undesirable, fairly if there are 2 earners interior the relatives. national known male finished time salary is now: $a million,474pw (QLD $a million,456 : WA $a million,745)