How to survive with my Russian salary. Prices in Russia.
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- čas přidán 22. 05. 2024
- Welcome to my vlog about my life in Russia.
If you watch videos from Russian bloggers about Russia, you might see a lot of videos about prices in our supermarkets, maybe rent prices as well. But the bloggers sometimes don't compare the prices with our salary or mention just the average salary. I chose another way. I will tell you how much I get paid and then I will see, what I can afford to buy. I can't tell you about the cost of living in Moscow or the cost of living in Saint Petersburg, because I'm not from there. I'm from Chelyabinsk, so I will tell you about the cost of living here.
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The video is filmed on Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra ultra and edited on Movavi app.
Enjoy my Russian vlog in English!
00:00 Why I started my challenge "How to survive with my Russian salary".
01:51 How much I got paid.
03:37 Transport fare in Chelyabinsk. Buses and marshrutka (route buses).
05:37 How much I spent for stores with cosmetics and household goods.
06:01 How much I spent for food in supermarkets.
06:30 How much I spent for lunches and pastry in a bakery.
06:54 How much I spent for coffee and pastry in coffee shops.
08:11 How much I spent for cookies and ginger bread.
08:26 How much I spent for massage.
09:04 How much I spent for booking trips.
09:16 How much I spent for beauty salons.
09:31 How much I spent for a drug store.
09:43 A lottery ticket.
09:53 Are the internet and mobile connection expensive in Russia?
10:15 Booking a table in a restaurant for March 8.
11:31 A major repair of an apartment building.
12"31 Utility bills.
Very informative video.
Thanks for sharing.
You're welcome 🤗
I get paid 1,600 British Pounds every 4 weeks working a basic office job in a small English town, which equals 187,110.62 roubles. My rent is £600 (70,166.48 roubles). Bills like water/electricity/gas/council tax are £300 (35,083.24). This leaves me £700 (81,860.90) for food and doing things with my girlfriend every month. Just a little comparison for you from a UK viewer.
Wow, thank you for your comment ❤️
In Chelabynsk oblast average salary is 50,034RUB, that's $543. But it's for the entire oblast, my guess is that the number for the city is higher.
She should quit your job and find another better-paid one: I visited the website superjobs ru, there are a lot of job ads on that website. In Chelabynsk there 12527 job ads. Out of those 5875 jobs are for the salary from 35k RUB to 60k RUB, 2947 jobs from 60k RUB to 85k, 1560 from 85k RUB to 110k, 1213 from 110k RUB to 135k, 932 from 135k RUB. That what I've read.
I know Chelabynsk is an industrial city, I guess with mostly heavy industry. Companies like Mechel offer jobs for 50k RUB salary and above. I found Mechel offers 84 jobs on that website.
@@Chaldon-hl6yk I'm paid @ $450 monthly. I pay $110 for rent,$30 for utilities,$120 for groceries, $80 fuel. Kenya
HOW MUCH YOU PAY FOR THE RENT AND UTILITIES?
@@user-rm1zw7so2c who are you asking? Me?
This is interesting stuff, I really enjoyed it. Your planning of your expenditures. I lived in Russia-Moscow so I know what I’m talking about.hats off to you Ma’am
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Very brave girl, i will continue to watch you
Thank you ❤️❤️❤️
But why do you say that I'm brave? 😁
@@natyrusa it is a Women, not a Girl
Very Kind ?
@@user-bn6pi5qu3r here in Russia "a woman" is a bit offensive for women, because this word makes us feel too old 😜
A Russian girl Vlog please!
informative video. nice :)
Thank you 🤗🤗🤗
I think you did a good job!😺
Thank you 🤗
In Chelabynsk oblast average salary is 50,034RUB, that's $543. But it's for the entire oblast, my guess is that the number for the city is higher.
But it doesn't mean that everybody gets paid exactly with this sum. Someone gets higher, someone gets lower. My average salary now is 30-35 k. I can't get more, because 1 hour at work is 130 rub. I can't work at night to get 50k
@@natyrusa You should quit your job and find another better-paid one: I visited the website superjobs ru, there are a lot of job ads on that website. In Chelabynsk there 12527 job ads. Out of those 5875 jobs are for the salary from 35k RUB to 60k RUB, 2947 jobs from 60k RUB to 85k, 1560 from 85k RUB to 110k, 1213 from 110k RUB to 135k, 932 from 135k RUB. That what I've read.
I know Chelabynsk is an industrial city, I guess with mostly heavy industry. Do companies like Mechel offer jobs for 50k RUB salary and above? I would say yes. I found Mechel offers 84 jobs on that website.
I am from Serbia and I would love to visit Yekaterinburg and Chelabynsk. 😁
I work in Chinese university and get around 1300$ per month free apartment, once a year free international travel and summer vacation 2 months and winter vacation 2 months paid vacations, 16 hours a week, anything more is double rate
Really cool 👍🏼
4 months of vacation?
Interesting video. I had always wondered how this worked. Hello From Australia.
Hi, thank you 🤗
But what do you mean about "how this worked", what's "this" exactly?
@natyrusa the many youtube creators in Russia, since the sanctions, showing the low comparable prices of groceries and utilities. But not then going into the value of the Ruble for the average Russian. I must say though, the cost of internet and mobile telephone seems to be very very low. And from what I hear it is much much faster than here in Australia.
I have thought of moving to Russia. I love the people, as blunt as they are, the history and cultute. But I am too old for this large of a change.
@@Robbie_Rohm yeah, I also heard that our internet (especially, mobile one) is the cheapest and the fastest.
I think Thailand will be a better option for you @Robbie_Rohm
@soumenduroy3770 I believe I can't oen more than a %49 share of property in Thailand WITH another Thai national.
I traveled to Russia in April 24th. Just came back to the States.
I've made a point to live on 300 rubels for 3 days.
300 rubels =3 dollars.
Transportation was paid in advance already for the entire month. Ie 30O rubels were for the food only. As a result , based on what I bought, it lasted for 3 days .
Ie , there's no way to live in New York on $3, but in Moscow being frugal, one can go without being hungry on 300 rubels.
Hi, thank you for this information, that's really interesting 🤝🏻
Thank you very much for your video :) What city/region do you live in? There must be a great difference in income between e.g. Moscow and smaller cities.
Hello. I'm from Chelyabinsk (you can search for it on the map).
As a Moscow dweller I can tell you that the income difference is very significant. A typical paraprofessional office worker salary in Moscow ranges from 30 - 70 thousand, depending on your experience and place of work. Middle-class income in a professional sphere is anywhere from 60 - 500 thousand. Just for reference, a bus ticket in Moscow costs 65 rubles. A taxi ride is typically around 1000 rubles within city limits, but can vary anywhere from 400 - 3000 depending on distance, time of day, weather, etc. A weekly trip to a grocery store for one person is around 2000 rub. A comfortable, stress-free middle class life is around 150 thousand rubles a month if you own property. And for renters it's about 220 thousand. Obviously, these figures are only an estimate based on my own experience in Moscow and I'm sure they vary from person to person :)
@@kailaniivo I know Moscow prices. I've been there for many times 🙂
It was a reply to Adrian's question on the difference between Moscow and regional prices. I've been to other cities in Russia, and many of them are not that different from Moscow when it comes to prices, but I've never visited Chelyabinsk, seems like prices are a bit lower there based on your video. Very informative, thank you )@@natyrusa
@@kailaniivo actually, I noticed that food prices are similar in chain supermarkets in Moscow and Chelyabinsk. Pyatyorochka, for example.
Hello there! Your english is really good, how did you learn it so well?
Thank you. You know, yesterday I got a comment from a RUSSIAN man. He said, my English is terrible 😄
Well, I learned it completely by myself and practiced it with natives online. I still have an online friend from those times.
@@natyrusa I see, I learn english by myself as well :)
I think that man is just jelaous of you haha, anyway, don't pay attention and take such hateful comments seriously, you're doing great in english, keep it up!
@@Oklamaboy thank you ☺️❤️
@@natyrusadon’t listen to that guy. Your English is good, especially having learnt it yourself. I have Ben trying to learn Korea for the past two years, and I can’t get anywhere 😅
@@marisolreyes6502 you're learning Korean?
Thanks for shedding a light on how you manage the day to day life with your salary. What about the housing cost? I assume you perhaps own an apartment therefore you don't have to pay rent. Say if you were to be paying the rent, how much would that be per month? I would also assume that the pay scale would vary very differently from city to city as the cost of living is different therefore it would be nice if you could provide your sudience with a bit of context, otherwise it doesn't make much sense. Thanks
Here, rent prices are absolutely different. They depend on a neighborhood, on a building type, on an apartment condition etc.
We have a website called Avito. You can search for Avito Chelyabinsk and look for all the renting ads. You will see different types of apartments and different prices.
молодец, что всё так подсчитала
Больше не буду, мне надоело 😂
your accent is nice to the ear
Thank you, but yesterday I got a comment from a RUSSIAN guy. He said, my English is terrible 😄😔😔
You're from Chelyabinsk?! CZcamsr Roman NFKRZ is from there, too
Yes, I know that he's from here. But it's whatever, since he left our country.
US folks feel struggle with income $200/day. Different mentality
I think, people from Moscow also have this different mentality about money 😁
С зп 27 тысяч надо ездить только на автобусе и готовить дома, тогда будет хватать на все.
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ТГ ссылка не работает. Хотел пообщаться насчет трейлинга , ну подсказать точнее )
Не может быть, чтоб не работала)
@@natyrusa пишет что нет такого имени
@@vitasssik пошла я ссылку под своими видео менять))
Hey I enjoy your video I’m an American black girl 🫶🏽 living in the USA I get paid every Friday $12.50 I’m not sure 🤔 how to translate that in your money dollars. But your video was very helpful and interesting 😊 you sound so cute ☺️ very good English ✨
Hey, thank you so much! $12.50 are so little, actually.
Didn't you say $12.50 per week?
How expensive is it to own a car in Russia? I assume gas is cheap. Not sure how expensive car insurance is.
Sorry, I don't know, because I don't have a car. For me, people, who have a car, are rich.
@@natyrusalolzlolzlolzl... car ownership has exponentially grown in Russia . You must have your head in the clouds to not pay attention to what's happening around you.
@@abdelcoubadja9078 and what do you mean?
i pay 250 euros for a room, 10 euros for mobile internet, and about 100 for monthly food, i live in lisbon portugal, i dont buy anything else
is it that cheap in Lisbon? I don't believe you. From what I heard one bedroom appartment start at 1000 euros and higher
@@Firespirit233 yeah apartments in Lisbon have been soaring but a lot of people opt for sharing them. thats what im doing and i pay 120 euros, though I live in another city.
@@Firespirit233 he wrote: "for a room" and not for an apartment, i think that's why
@@Firespirit233 i said i rent a room, not an apartment dear, normally the price is 400 euros but i found for 250
Wow
с нашими зарплатами действительно только слово survive и подходит
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Не знаю где вы все работаете, но советую поменять профессию, сейчас даже в макдачке (Вкусно - и точка) 30к в месяц платят рядовым сотрудникам, а на доставке раза в 2 больше поднять можно если не лениться.
@@4X10S на доставке курьером? Ага, мне с моей спиной больной только в доставке и работать 😄👍🏼
@@4X10S в Челябинске мы работаем, в Челябинске.
@@natyrusa Я к тому, что даже в фастфуде платят деньги, если вас не ценят на работе -- ищите другую работу которая подходит по зарплате и состоянию здоровья.
Your total salary is equal to 25000 Indian rupees with forex conversion rates. By Indian standards you are spending too much, without any savings. With a low salary, you are living a unsustainable luxury life like having a 160 rubles cofee every day. Try to avoid luxury spends and make savings.
I don't buy coffee every day. Last month I did it just 4 times. This month I did it once. I agree that I can avoid it.
Russians have the luxury of receiving guaranteed pension ( indexed to inflation ) which we Indians don't have ( unless you are working in a Govt. company). Also they have free medical care in Govt. Hospitals. Also Huge Govt. subsidy for having children. Hence for us Indians , Savings are extremely critical for survival and tackling emergency situations. Not so much for Russians.
Good evening madam, infect I really appreciate the way you explain things, THANKS YOU. I am a Ghanaian from Africa and I will be there by this year June, 2024. I really like the way you have explain things about the cost of living there, can I please get your contact so I will give you a call when I arrived THANK YOU
You're welcome. I post all my contacts in the description below my videos.
Your bonus was more than your salary in january😮
No. My salary was 15 245 rub and the bonus was 6 104 rub. The bonus can't be more, because it's 10-25% of the salary.
Вы прекрано знаете английский язык, у вас есть масса возможностей применить свои знания, и найти способ заработать.
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Even in Ukraine you can't leave with that, workers even in doors factory earn at least 600eur per month, even alcoholics that made steel constructions. 5 years ago they wanted even 1000eur per month normal masters
It's not that job for making 600 euro here.
@@natyrusa I just told you prices for workforce in Ukraine. I were thinking Russian salarys are higher. By the way I think you are courageous, where are you living in Russia ? Do you plan to open a Boosty Account
@@user-bn6pi5qu3r I have Boosty. Everything is written in the description below my every video.
How can you live with this money ?
I showed that in this video. Transport, supermarkets etc. If you need more details, then watch my playlist called "prices in Russia" and you will see what I bought.
денег никогда ни на что толком не хватает
Это точно
Why they pay you so small ?
It was January. There were 9 days of New Year's vacation, then I had to go the hospital during work hours, because I was sick. So, I had a little amount of work hours that month. That's why I got less than usually.
Very interesting. However, it is sad that You work so much, but then can barely afford any of the little Joys of Life, such as that glorious Coffee.
So, that coffee which we call "author's coffee" is "glorious coffee" in the English language?
@@natyrusa No, it just how I feel it would be right to define it, as it really looks Great and impressive.🙂
@@NomadicNaturePhotographer oh, okay
@@natyrusa Hello Naty, it would be called "Artisan Coffee"
@@AS-gt5rx so, it's about coffee that decorated beautifully and creatively, right?
Is Dimma your mother
Dima is actually my boyfriend 😄😄😄
And how did you to this kind of conclusion?
@@user-bp6ih8qn8e может потому что иностранцам непривычно, что мужские имена у нас заканчиваются на -а?
So sad is to live in the richest country on the World - Russia and regular people to be paid so little ( USD 300 / per month)!
But how does it connect? I get my salary not from a country, but from another person.
@@natyrusa Minimum salary in Russia should be USD 2000 per month!
@@ivogalabov1973 like we say in Russian, "should be, but not obligated" 😜
@@natyrusa Poor people in rich country! Because of the ruler!
@@ivogalabov1973 come on, people, who want to be rich, are rich. They have their own companies or high positions at work, so everything is possible. I also can find a job with 5× my current salary, but I like my workplace.
С таким доходом только на такси и кататься 😂
Когда опаздываю на работу или когда очень тяжёлые пакеты, то такси - это необходимость, так что тут ничего смешного.
@@natyrusa когда работал на похожей работе, это было много лет назад, мне и в голову не приходило брать такси. Вы очень шикарно живете.
@@msbull100 слушайте, так это же круто, что я даже с такой зарплатой смогла устроить себе шикарную жизнь, разве нет? 😜😜😜
@@natyrusa да, во всем можно найти позитив 😀☝
@@msbull100 что самое интересное, я сначала написала комментарий, в котором я что-то пыталась объяснить, а потом думаю: НАФИГА?! Лучше подойти к этому с юмором 😜
Кстати, вы, наверное, подумали, что я каждый месяц столько получаю?
Russia seems to becoming a country of poor people. The oligarchs have it all and are srewing the people.
I don't consider myself poor.
@@natyrusa I do.
@@HenriHattar it's just your point of view.
@@natyrusa I am sorry, it is NOT a point of view, it is a valid comparrison beteeen Russian economic conditions and those in the west, which includes the UK ( where in I see someone else has actually give you a comparrison which you ignore) as well as countries like Italy, Spain, Germany, France, Belgium, Canada, Japan, Australia and so on......Russian people and their living standards compared to these countries AND others are VERY LOW, so is the individual ability to obtain wealth or indeed evern meagre savings, Credi Suisse publishes a good annual analisys called, "Wealth Of Nations" it is a real in depth look at the world economy, regions and countries in a VERY unbias view, it gives you references and statistics and can be checked. RUSSIA AND RUSSIANS ARE POOR!
@@HenriHattar 👍🏼
Typical russian thinking ,even if no one wants to get on or off it still has to stop.
If you're talking about route buses, then how does it connect to "Russian thinking", especially when the drivers are mostly non-Russians?
You lie
What exactly?
Hi from Australia! Your video was great. I have a few questions for you. How much does it cost to rent an apartment in your city? Do foreigners come and work or volunteer at your English centers? What is the average and medium income in your city? You can use this site to see the average numbers for Australia and the rest of the world's cost of living. numbeo. I have more questions, but I will write more later. Thanks, Shaun
Hi, thank you for your questions. The apartment rent price here is different and depends on various factors. I think, it starts from 15K rubles. You can search for a website Avito Chelyabinsk and choose rent ads. There you will see different apartments and different prices.
The average or the medium salary in my city, according to the statistics, is 50K rubles, but I don't think that the statistics is real, because I barely know someone who gets 50K per month, mostly people here get less if they aren't the heads at their works.
And yes, people from other countries visit us from time to time, I even filmed shorts with a foreign teacher Bazz.
@@natyrusa Thanks for your reply. I used the Avito site to look up rental prices and apartments. I will search for the shorts with Teacher Bazz. Do you need a work visa to volunteer in your school? How long does it take on the train to get to your city from Moscow? Is it possible to learn Russian in your city? What would the tuition fees be, approximately? Thanks, Shaun
@@englishpractiseclub4583 you don't need a visa, because it's not official job here (even for us, Russian employers). The train from Moscow to Chelyabinsk will take +/- 2 days. What do you mean about fee? I didn't understand that question.
@@natyrusa ITo pay a teacher to learn Russian. Is there a Russian course for foreigners at a University or school I can take? If yes, what would be the fee?
@@englishpractiseclub4583 in universities yes, but I don't know the fee. Search for SUSU Chelyabinsk, it's our university. Also, I was a teacher of Russian as a foreign language. My fee was 900 rubles per 60 min.
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@@natyrusa что ты город?
@@matti3658 ???
Sorry, this question has no sense.
@@natyrusa sorry, learning russian... What city are you in?
@@matti3658 Chelyabinsk. By the way, I have a chat and a channel for Russian learners on Telegram. Would you like to join?