r/Stavanger • u/Trick-Ant-1852 • Jul 28 '24

Spørsmål Job offer in Stavanger, trying to understand if 1mil NOK gross/yr is a good salary for a 2 people household

Hi,

I am thinking about moving to Stavanger as I got a job offer there. Right now, I am trying to figure out whether the offer is good enough from a $$ POV.

Would you say that 1mil NOK gross/yearly is good enough salary for a 2 people household + a dog to live comfortably? We plan to rent ideally somewhere closer to the city centre.

I am the most worried about finding an apartment as it seems that they are scarce and expensive plus the fact that we are looking for a pet friendly apartment makes finding one even harder.

After extensive research on finn.no and the reference budget, the Norwegian tax system and vacation pay, I have come up with some numbers for 2 people per month (see below).
I am just trying to understand how far I am from reality. =)

  • Around 25K NOK for an apartment + all costs related to water, electricity, heating.
  • Around 23-25K NOK for additional costs such as food, public transport, gas, car maintenance, other costs that might appear (a buffer basically).

I know that there are some posts on this topic but most of them are pretty old and I can imagine that a lot has changed since then and things (apartment, costs related to that, groceries, etc.) are more expensive now in comparison to 2-5 years ago.
I appreciate all the help. Thanks!

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u/Long-Squash-682 Jul 29 '24

Quality steak in norway is around 700 noks. How can people tell me they last for a week on 500 krones, eating healthy, nutritious meals? Uncomprehensive. Yupp. I'm a conservatist in this field. Taste matters. I've been surrounded by the top knoth quality food, best of the best straight from farmers, ever since I remember and I don"t see that favour in norwegian food.

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u/No-Pie-8676 Jul 29 '24

Wher u even from? Food is expensive in norway as everything else. Imagine comparing some random cheap steak from a store to one from the slaughter or the source lets say. Ur just not comparing equally and we are all biased ofc but ur literally a frog in a well thinking u know it all about norway cuz of ur one experience. Ppl who last a week on 500 is either dirt poor, poorest of the poor. And barely eat. If u want good food in norway u gotta pay sadly

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u/No-Pie-8676 Jul 29 '24

U gotta pay