So, 5 years after "that" september 2008 nothing changed, at least where I live, in Italy. More and more italians loosing their jobs, and I hear from people every day that in western Europe life is much better than here. Italians want to leave for UK or Germany.

So I'm asking you people if you want to post here if you have a job and what is your average income. Also, please post some of the everyday costs like gasoline, internet and a pizza.

Italy:
Shoes factory worker in Tuscany: 1300,00 euro / month (net income)
Gasoline: 1,8 euro
Internet ADSL 7 Mb: 40 euro / month
Pizza for two and water at restaurant on weekend: 25,00 euro

Things are pretty good here in Norway. Though we're not technically a part of the EU!

I work at a storage facitilty, driving lifts and packing stuff!

Get paid about 18.500 NOK/2500 EUR/month

About 20 euros an hour. I expect it to raise this month.

Gasoline is about 1,8-2,0 euros

Internet: 30-40 euros for 5 Mb a month. Depends on where you live. You can get fiber for the same price in the citys! (I live outside on an island)

An your pizza example it's about the same, 25-26 euros!

I see the prices are about the same as yours, but we make twice as much, if not more.

damn! and my wife is working for Prada making shoes for only 1300,00
I mean is not a little factory...
I guess you're not working for Microsoft in Norway don't you?

shit that's a lot

Austria:

Gas 1,40 - 1,50 €
Internet 18 € for 8 mb
Pizza for two plus water 15 - 20 €

my favourite indicators 1l milk -> ~80 cents
pack of brand cigarettes 4,40 € (like Marlboro)
Gordon's Dry Gin (750 ml) 11 €

Hehe no. It's just a little business really. importing all sorts of crap from china and such and sell it for the tenfold here

I live in the uk and trust me its not that great here at the minute
I work in a screen printing company and getting paid £240 a week
avergae cost of a pizza here now between £7 and £15 depending on size
not sure on fuel tho as i dont drive
the government here have also started charging people in council propertys bedroom tax for the rooms that arent being used

I read about that one, seems like the most absurd idea ever

In Denmark it greatly relies on profession. If you are an IT engineer then there is enough jobs (and there has been so during the whole crisis).


Software developer: 3000 € / month (net)
Gasoline: 1,6 € (95 unlead)
Internet ADSL 20 Mb: 27 € / month
60 m2 apartment: 540 € / month
Pizza for two and water at restaurant on weekend: 30 €


There is some trickyness though. For example: I bought a new Mazda 2 a couple of years ago - cost me the same as a new Audi or BMW in Germany.

You don't want to know about Greece, lol

Average full time salary for most people is ~500-700€/month.

I don't really have a stable income so can't really tell for myself...
Can go from 500-600 up to 700-800€/month.
I work as an architect freelancer and part time in a real estate company.

Gasoline:
Unleaded 95oct 1.75€/lt
Diesel 1.35€/lt

Internet VDSL 35/3 + Telephony: 30€/month

Pizza for two and water at restaurant on weekend: 25-30€.

I work at a publisher as a dtp AND a book-binder, my net monthly income is 100.000 HUF (it includes 3 hours of overwork a week), which is about 340 EUR
Internet ADSL 10 Mb + TV 100 channels + phone: 5000 HUF (16 EUR)
Pizza (32 cm): 1500 HUF (5 EUR)
Gasoline price is an avarage 420 HUF (1.5 EUR)
Milk 1l: 200 - 400 HUF (0,7 - 1,4 EUR)
Bread 1kg: 220 - 250 HUF (0,75 - 0,85 EUR)

I'd also like to add that I quit my previous job as a book-binder last year in April because I was treated like shit. Took one whole year to find a new one! In fact I just started to work this month.
My sister who is much better educated than me (I finished professional school, she went to high school) was without a job for 1,5 years, so it pretty well sucks!


BRAINKILLER:
I am about stunned... ADSL 40 euro??? and only 7 MB? Pizza 25 EUR??? WHAT THE FUCKING FUCK???? Okay, you earn about 4 times as much as me, but even then...

minimal income in France is 10 euros/hour
I'm studying, my income is 300-400 euros (21 hours weekly)
for IT ingeneer it starts about 2000 euros (depends of years of studying)

gas 1,6 eur
pizza for 2 plus water : 16 eur
internet + tv + phone : 32 eur
mobile phone : 12 eur (unlimited talk and SMS :D )

I'm a warehouse pallet racking constructor/fitter, earn about £1100 per month after tax.

2 pints of milk from a supermarket is about £1.10

My 20mb broadband is £17.50 per month.

Pizzas vary. If you get one form the local takeaway pizzeria it's about £8 for a 12" meat feast. Bigger places like Domino's are about £15 for the same.

Unleaded 95 RON petrol is about £1.31-£1.35 per litre depending on where you live (supermarket prices). Diesel is aprox £1.40 per litre. Add a few pence for Shell/BP stations.

that's what I pay at home. if you have a business (shop) like me now that sucks. I pay about 70 euro a month ADSL for each business, and I own 3 of them

I earn AU$2600 per month after tax working as a photographic printer. That equates to about €2060.
Petrol (91 octane) costs about $1.60/€1.27 per litre, or €6.10/gal
Internet costs $80/€64 per month (actually it's $50 but has a mandatory $30 landline rental too) for 60GB at about 15Mbps.
A Domino's pizza costs about $8/€6, independent shops are approximately twice that.
A movie ticket is $18/€14.30 plus snacks.
My two bedroom apartment costs $240/€190 per week.

in Tuscany we pay about 500 € per month in small cities, and about 800 in cities like Florence or Pisa. But you earn like twice that is the problem