Tax

Around 30%

Be careful with the taxes for compensation. I had an offer lately but I didn't know it was the gross. When I learned it was before tax, I changed my mind. Take care and good luck.

Any offer, unless stated as tax paid or tax free are gross amounts

stumpy wrote:

Any offer, unless stated as tax paid or tax free are gross amounts

Hi Stumpy,

How much do you think is needed for a month in Port Moresby ? After Taxes, accommodation, travel ?
What is final amount required for food and some savings ?

cancersobhan06 wrote:

stumpy wrote:

Any offer, unless stated as tax paid or tax free are gross amounts

Hi Stumpy,

How much do you think is needed for a month in Port Moresby ? After Taxes, accommodation, travel ?
What is final amount required for food and some savings ?

Tax is around 30%

It is hard to give an exact cost figure for living as it depends on your lifestyle. Cost of living in PNG is very high.
For cost of living www.numbeo.com

Hi,

It would actually depend on your expenditure here in PNG. Like us, we usually have around 1k expenditure for eating out alone (we are living in POM and both my husband and I are working so eating out is like a breather for us). My husband's company provide the 70% of our electricity while 30% is being shouldered by us - we spend around 1k per month for electricty which in return is only 300kina per month (our accommodation are all running on electricity, induction range, electric heater, dryer and washing machine etc). We spend around 700 for grocery per forthnight.

I think you should have atleast 4-5k kina in order for you to survive here in PNG not unless you are really thrifty

Hope this helps.