should be making more than 20,500 per month.
But that salary is certainly enough to live well on and to save quite a bit on (assuming you won't have a lot of other expenses).
Benefits?
No taxes!
free furnished housing (probably doesn't include utilities -- check on this)
free LOCAL medical (note that this is ONLY for local govt. clinics and Hamad Hospital, not the better private clinics in town where folks speak English, and it will NOT cover you when you return to your home country of origin in the summer -- be warned!
It should also include free schooling for any kids you have (you don't say if you have any) -- and again, tuition here varies widely, so you need to know their cap on the dollar/riyal amount because I am SURE they would never pay to send your kids to the American School or something that cost more than, say, QR 25,000/year.
Here's where some extra expenses might figure into the mix...
So, not bad, but that salary is rather low for a PhD.
should be making more than 20,500 per month.
But that salary is certainly enough to live well on and to save quite a bit on (assuming you won't have a lot of other expenses).
Benefits?
No taxes!
free furnished housing (probably doesn't include utilities -- check on this)
free LOCAL medical (note that this is ONLY for local govt. clinics and Hamad Hospital, not the better private clinics in town where folks speak English, and it will NOT cover you when you return to your home country of origin in the summer -- be warned!
It should also include free schooling for any kids you have (you don't say if you have any) -- and again, tuition here varies widely, so you need to know their cap on the dollar/riyal amount because I am SURE they would never pay to send your kids to the American School or something that cost more than, say, QR 25,000/year.
Here's where some extra expenses might figure into the mix...
So, not bad, but that salary is rather low for a PhD.