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YerYer:
Depends on your state, in New York, the local tax, state tax, federal tax, social security deductions, medicare deductions and disability deductions account for over 30%. If you are single and have no kids well bad luck, they will even deduct more! $200,000 also put you at a higher tax bracket, so you will pay even more! Texas however, has low taxes but their salaries are significantly lower.

Hmmm I know, hence I was trying to tell someone on this forum, we earn more in the UK or rather let me rephrase it, we get to keep more of our salary than guys in the US.the tax in the US is way way to much, my tax kicks in from after £11000 ,and I do not pay up to %20,if i earn up to £41000 then my tax is %40, plus ofcos national insurance thats that.

no2fuks:
good 4 u I never said it was impossible tho

so what do you do?

guy where yout sense of humor hide put?

no2fuks:
what are you trying to say I dont understand you

N20 000 Vs. $900 choose one

I thought you meant earning $900 a month

YerYer:
It may delight you to know that i personally think there are better opportunities in Nigeria than overseas. Read my comment again, I said the U.S is better than Europe in regards to the opportunities to make more money. I didn't say I make $200,000, besides I clearly said "minimum" of $200,000 meaning you can easily make more than that. Unfortunately, the government will take its cut in taxes, but lets say you make $200,000 and pay tax of $60,000, you are left with $140,000. How many of university graduates are taking home this much money every year? Sure you will have expenses like rent & bills to pay, but if you live within your means aren't you financially better off than your colleague in Nigeria making N120,000 a month?
Now your quality of life may be somewhat poorer than your colleague in Nigeria like you clearly said, you may be sleep deprived working all those hours overtime. If you are smart however, you would live below your means, save as much as you can, further your education and go back home to establish. You may not take home as much as you did in the U.S when you relocate but your quality of life will be better. No light? Get your own generator. No security? Get your own gate man. Bad water? Get your own borehole and water filtration. Life is what you make of it.

let me remind you tax is %20,and there is a threshold,ie minimum you must earn B4 tax kicks in, so I employ you to re do your calculation.

no2fuks:
that is minimum tho. so maybe they take $300 tax u still got like $900. I neva said you will be comfy with it im saying that is the starting points

we cant compare usa with nigeria in anyway all your points are bullshit other than family and patriotism nigeria has nothing on obodo oyinbo stop deceiving ppl

my guy if you realy mean $900 a month then you die well, you will be living under the bridge be dat ni

no2fuks:
you can Google "lottery of life" nigeria is ranked as the worst place to be born in the whole wide world. if you are not born rich the chances of making it is low

nah lie, I was born broke now Im mega howzaaattt?

tai2:
Yeah nursing is great. The best countries abroad for Nigerians are the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom etc (in that order too). Even South Africa is a lot better than a number of European destinations. These are countries with the right qualifications and experience you can get a job and live like a human being. In the Middle East you can get jobs too although without the right to permanent residence eventually. Anything else is a big gamble.

ahah guy my next door are Australians lol their country is nothing near the UK, they are new country trying to grow.new Zealand is for freshers,not old timers like us,for me is the UK or the US nowhere else.

tai2:
So you feel minimum wage in Yankee will allow you live a comfortable life. That money you're calculating have you factored in tax and the costs of renting accomodation? At the end of the day you might be left with just enough to survive until the next month.

50k or 60k a month in Nigeria will guarantee you a better life in some places than $1240 a month will give you in the United States.

I agree with you on this one, this is where it gets tricky,my first wage in the Uk was £4/hr,I was working in goods-in heathrow terminal 4 then,long time ago.but back then a room was like £40 a week.Someone once said on this forum, cut your coat according to your size, you are a single man you want to live in a 2 bed flat, na you sabi,you will spend the whole wage on overheads. waht use is it to work and have no savings??you have to cut cost to achieve your aim of cumming abroad whit primary reason to have initial capital.At work I always tell my guys,I dont live in the Uk I only just work here.

DanjaNinja:
Emm, i think you meant the reverse - 1)Canada 2) US 3)Uk. The Uk is the least immigration friendly country on your list.

U my friend have never lived in them countries,if you had you will understand where Im coming from.If you are legal.The Uk is the fastest place to make financial impact cos of Europe.in the US, if you aint in the Oil and gas industry then OYO.FYI the US is way richer than Canada.take this from somebody who had lived abroad for 15 years.

MrDoGood:
Very simple.
Op is broke and poor.

Agree.

Mcowubaba:
Every Country has its on sh!t !!!
If we start to list the disadvantages of living in Nigeria eh
..but the Op is on point.. Esp abt the Job aspect nd accomdation!!
I Remember d time, Uncle.....told me, 'hope u knw people work here too' ...
Dat man self....
Oyibo countries no too green as many Nigerian people think oo...
By d time u work 15hrs a day as a factory worker, ur waist nd back go remember ğreen white green!!!..,,nd most importantly pls pls pls come in LEGALLY!!!....being an illegal immigrant is the begining of ur failure nd sufferings

N who send am go factory?? and who tell U say dem dey work 15 hours? listen there is such thing as working hours directive, its a law in the whole of EU 15 hours ke, un Dem say don 2 much abeg

seunny4lif:
I beg I prefer Germany to Uk

have you ever lived in Germany?

doncaster:
Which one be made in china again. Presidential is better than obalande but all get smoke taste.

nah which taste U want make E get B4? no smoke dem smoke am? make dem fry am? even BBQ chicken get smoke smell too

raayah:
I buy 2L of walmart coke for 87cents.
Depends on where you buy your drinks
Besides, I have never set my eyes on 30cl containers. Are you sure you live in the west?

nah South

tai2:
I would advise you to switch to something like programming, learn a few well used programming languages that are in demand anywhere regardless of degree or not. You really don't need a Master's degree, especially in your line of study which means nothing without experience in countries abroad. The best jobs abroad are the ones that are hands on, work you do with your hands not stuff you say with your mouth.

Another career which most people overlook is the shipping industry, you can find a maritime academy and become a sailor, they are in demand all over the world and are given special travel privileges regardless of region.

I would advise you to consider a career switch after getting your mass comm degree.

How about Nursing? the UK is short of Nurses even Ireland are.

samuelkingz:
@ tai2...ur asvise is needed...am in my final year in d uni studying mass comm in a state..my major plan is to do my masters abroad and then seek some permit to work dere professionally..my problem now is that wat professional course can i do dat can guarantee me a good job abroad and also wat country would be able to give me succh good prospects??@ all ur matured posts re highly appreciated

whatever course you end up doing make sure you end up in 1 the Uk, 2 the US 3 Canada, any other country out of these three you are on your own.

doncaster:
That Obalande that taste like smoke. Dat one no be suya abeg na manage we dey manage am.

nah teh made in china own you wack, come presidential Suya at Old kent rd

Inoknowbook:
I hate it so much when paupers that are trying hard to survive abroad attribute their ways of living to every Nigerian living abroad. The OP is, obviously, a pauper trying very hard to survive. But that shouldn't give him the freedom to attribute his way of living to every Nigerian abroad. I live both in the US and Nigeria and I can speak with authority on this. What did need mean by people hiding food under the bed when visitors come? Food is the cheapest thing you can get here. It does not cost much. So, I don't understand how he got the info that people hide food under the bed. As for guys buying each other drinks for free, it still happens a lot. I do take friends out to bars and restaurants and buy them drinks. If you come to my house, my bar is well stocked with all kinds of liqueurs that I do wish that people come around to drink with me often. Please guys, if you wanna write about your experience abroad, do call it your individual experience and not try to pass it off as that of the generality of Nigerians. Please, I did not proof read, so, pardon me for mistakes

ahah i did not even bother to read up to that bit, hiding food under the bed? ahah that m ust only happen in eastern Europe ie Bulgaria lol

yorubadelta:
Did you not see where I said you must be legally in the country? It seems you are the learner.

I agree with you ,there are bunch and tones of work, if you are legal and have experience, even some jobs need no experience they will train you.

sweetgala:
Guy it no reach that , why nah i'm a young guy going on 30 yrs.
I'll be surely trying to get land in the next year and have some savings going. That job area should be easy enough ; I've been offered jobs as far back as 2011.

I'll like to have my engineering charter before I move

same thing we are saying, arrange well b4 you return if not you will become part of that statistics of failed Nigerian from Obodo oyibo as OP claimed.

mooremedia:
my dad sent me to Asia. .....I finished schooling amd came back home.
btw the Malaysian economy is 10 times better that of Nigeria. It's the people that have a problem.

Guy mayB cos of where I live, I can confidently say Malaysia is a crap country,I wont go there to live even i f you pay me to,I can go to Japan and china cos I can learn something there though

mooremedia:
Wht the op wroye is true oo.
After staying in asia 3years straight.
I'll advise you to better stay in your country than go to a place you'll be treated like shit. e.g Malaysia.
Except you're planning on doing crime you can never become a millionaire overnight abroad unlike in Nigeria.

who send you go Asia, so you nor know say 9ja better pass most of the country in Asia? lol

tai2:
And how easy is it to be legal in the U.K these days? We're not talking of 5 to 10 years ago when international students had the right to work or when the U.K wasn't flooded with E.U migrants looking for jobs.

Even things like "Arangee" marriage people were using to get legal in the United Kingdom is facing greater scrutiny these days. Yes, the U.K is easier but anyone planning to go to such countries should plan appropriately. There are so many people trapped in strange countries for donkey years with vague hopes of "getting papers" only to turn around and get deported. Some people spend 10 to 15 or 20 years of their lives waiting in one location that may not be profitable trying to get a passport.

That you're one of the few who succeed, should not mean other people should not be advised on how to do the right thing and avoid a life of frustration.

you missed the point, waht I was saying is, if you are legal the sky is your limits if you are willing and able to work, even if you decide to be a brick layer, which you can get certified for with £700 for a week's course,you will earl min of £500 a week,even if you are a security officer you will earn at least £400-£450 a week.The issue of being legal or not those not come into play in this context.If you aint legal 4get it,there is even a new law that says that if you are on working visa and you do not earn above £35 within 6 years,you are going back from where you come from.

voltron:
@OP.. the only reason you will post this.. no matter how true is that most Nigerians live above their means..

1: A Nigerian in a desk-job earns far less and will rather live upstate in a suburb rather than downtown where rent is low and taxes on rent is low.
2: They would rather rent expensive apartments rather than use their Nigerian sense to buy cheap $25k houses and put up for rent to help pay their taxes on their Rich Upstate $500k Condos

As per jobs, it is opening up in the US for certain sectors than in Europe where employments rates and funding to government agencies are a trickle.

A mistake a lot of Nigerians make before they relocate is hoping that their skills, degrees, certificates and experience will count much abroad.. well it does if you are in the following sectors, IT, Construction, Health, Security. if you are looking to be a Desk-jockey and a Pen-pusher with sleek suits and ties.. you will be faced with a re-validation of your credibility i.e Professional Certifications/Degrees, Experience that matters to the job at hand and strong competition from the natives who are already struggling in such sectors.

I have a friend who won Green Card Lottery and had just graduated from Unilag in Quantity Surveying.. guess what he earns a living from.. Certified Electrician - got contracted to a military barracks to fix minor electrical faults.. and he has bought a house in lekki within 3 years



tell am joor

very correct

babosky2008:
don't b dcvd...
naija guys do tap electricity abroad too. dz is called electricity theft.

ah not only 9ja guys, you want try the polish guys using free gas for like 3 years ahah or roman gypsies taping light, water and gas ehehe

sweetgala:
Guy no lie, there are too many disadvantages

The only thing assured is medical safety and relative security unless you live in east London and any gangland area in USA

There is no place like home, I've been planning to pack my bags for a while now, there is pride in living in Nigeria even with all the risks

Guy B4 u pack go 9ja, make sure you house is complete, steady income of some sort,good Gen , and loads of balance starting from 5milion or else you go run go back abroad

tai2:
You obviously didn't read through. I acknowledged the fact that jobs are available for those with relevant (foreign ) qualifications and experience. However someone who is a bank manager in Nigeria should not expect to walk into the United Kingdom and get a well-paying job with a high street London bank. There are far too many Nigerians without the requisite foreign experience and qualifications who end up roaming around with no destination.

Guy the only limitation for a good job in the UK is the issue you being legal or not.U have to start from somewhere.

tai2:
Yeah, I completely forgot about food. No peppersoup, no suya, no nkwobi.

you must be in a crap country then sorry to say cos where I live, we have everything when it comes to 9ja food you name it, we even have Obalande suya, so waht are you on about.we have shaki and kpomo

Rubish nes found with that amount so what?

persius555:
It favors dangote, elephant cement etc these companies employ more than 250,000 nigerians. Nothing stops u from starting ur own business too and start making millions and employ nigerians. UK is the financial hub of europe, its economy can support importation of any good from other countries, besides UK economy is not export monolithic like ours.

I get that but try in ur own time n read a bit bout the economic development of the UK. U will not that they support their industry by giving them insertives to encourage them.no banning imports unless on health grounds.in the issue of cement they should encourage the small producers by good monitor policies ie loans.tax breaks etc that way their product will be cheaper..If ABI cement is 800 u think I will buy China for 900?

architez:
Please, how about new cars? I anxiously await your answer.

same thing bro.my take on this is that some cabal stand to gain from this especially those in the Black MKT.

ugoezeik:
pls for those who understand English language well, wat does it mean. dat naira will not be using in china, us, Canada n co. again?

exactly U r now forced to buy raw dollars b4 u go abroad or forced to open a dom account and a card linked to it.