Salaries in Hong Kong
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- clearThoughts
Does anybody know?
How much would a good Interactive Art Director earn over there? Per year?
What's the equivalent of earning £60K in London or around $90K in NY??
Would you expect to earn more? Or less than that?
- clearThoughts0
anybody
- akrok0
HK must be more expensive then NY.
i think...
if you get £60k in london, that would be around $110k in NY.
- sebastianfrench0
If your a westerner you get pay more.
Locals get pay little.
Our local staffs in HK make much much less
- clearThoughts0
So do you have any idea of how much to ask for a senior position?
- SigDesign0
Keep in mind living expenses in HK will be less than Manhattan... to a degree at least
- really. hm. :-)akrok
- housing expense is expense, but daily expenses are affortdalesebastianfrench
- Hahahah...right.jevad
- jetSkii0
in China, there is probably some kid who could do your job twice as fast and better for $2/hr
- not so sure to be honest... maybe at a designer or programming level. But overall Art Direction and Branding?clearThoughts
- sebastianfrench0
Should be around 70 - 100K USD annually
Asked for housing another $1,500US / month
Look foreign companies based in HK they pay better.
- ephix0
something else to consider in your calculation is that tax is very low.
- also you might have to pay tax from your own countrysebastianfrench
- dragonfruit0
i used to earn net 45000 HK$ / month there. live like a king.
- jevad0
Without seeing your work or knowing your experience it's very hard to say. Working for one of the big 4A's here as an Interactive AD you'd probably be clearing anything from HK$25,000-36,000.
- clearThoughts0
Jevad - do you mean per month or per year?
- clearThoughts0
I guess per month, right? Since 36K HK$ are about £3K?? I'm confused...
- jevad0
Per month
- mydo0
and live in a shoe box.
- mydo0
was there at the weekend. my friend has a tatty 50sqM apartment near the racecourse. hkd38k. (£3500) Same thing in London would be around £1500. I'm still in shock.
- Ancillary0
People live in really tiny apartments in HK, it's just how it is.
But everything else is so fucking cheap! Food and alcohol cost nothing, clothes and retail are cheap
- mydo0
alcohol? you're joking. it's fucking £12 a pint in some bars.
- Ancillary0
Well if you're one of those Brit tourists how hangs out with other Brits at foe-Irish pubs in Hong Kong, then that's probably true, I only ever drank at local places. A tall bottle of Singha cost me the equivalent of 80 cents Australian at 7/11
- ephix0
mydo, you haven't been to club 7-11 yet have you. :P
- is it similar to Bar Alldays?mydo
- haven't heard of it.ephix
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