View Poll Results: What % of total salary is spent on Rent
15% or less
10
33.33%
20%
7
23.33%
25%
8
26.67%
30%
5
16.67%
40%
0
0%
50%
0
0%
Voters: 30. You may not vote on this poll
Poll on % of Salary on Rent
Sep 30th 2010, 3:09 am
#1
Just Joined
Thread Starter
Joined: Sep 2010
Posts: 7
Poll on % of Salary on Rent
I am interested in knowing what % of total salary people typically spend on rent.
Last edited by spf50; Sep 30th 2010 at 3:12 am.
Sep 30th 2010, 5:08 am
#2
BE Forum Addict
Joined: Jun 2008
Location: Abu Dhabi by body and Sydney by soul
Posts: 1,841
Re: Poll on % of Salary on Rent
It's difficult to answer here as alot of people get a housing allowance. In our case, we got an allowance but then that was ignored completely and we werre given company accommodation. So 0% is spent effectively.
Sep 30th 2010, 5:43 am
#4
Lost in BE Cyberspace
Joined: Aug 2009
Location: Disneyland, Dubai
Posts: 15,887
Re: Poll on % of Salary on Rent
Don't you just add the allowance to the salary, deem the new number as 'salary' and then do the pct. thing?
Sep 30th 2010, 5:45 am
#5
Lost in BE Cyberspace
Joined: Aug 2009
Location: Disneyland, Dubai
Posts: 15,887
Re: Poll on % of Salary on Rent
Sep 30th 2010, 5:57 am
#7
BE Forum Addict
Joined: Jun 2010
Location: UK
Posts: 1,308
Re: Poll on % of Salary on Rent
The company pays my rent....but if the rent and salary are combined, the rent is 34% of the total
Oct 4th 2010, 11:48 am
#11
Not an evil hypnotist
Joined: May 2007
Posts: 1,975
Re: Poll on % of Salary on Rent
I pay myself, though company do loan me the money interest free. I pay less than 7.5% of my salary in rent.
Oct 4th 2010, 1:08 pm
#12
ex-expat
Joined: Nov 2008
Location: in front of my computer - in sunny Sussex!
Posts: 2,162
Re: Poll on % of Salary on Rent
even though ours is strictly speaking mixed up in the "allowance" part of the salary, it represents about 20% of the money that comes in (new rent = RESULT!!)... in 2008 it was 50% of the same salary.
Oct 6th 2010, 1:00 pm
#13
Forum Regular
Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 51
Re: Poll on % of Salary on Rent
the company give us a rent allowance and we actually take home some of it after paying rent...
Oct 7th 2010, 10:33 am
#14
Forum Regular
Joined: Jan 2009
Posts: 122
Re: Poll on % of Salary on Rent
0% - I got handed my apartment keys as soon as I passed my medical for residency.
