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Originally Posted by Osensei
how much do you make per month, and how much would that amount translate to in US currencies (money)?
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Currently my contract stipulates that I am paid 12,000 yen per work day and paid when a national holiday falls on a work day. For example, May has 23 work days, two of which are holidays, so that totals 276,000. After the roughly ten percent in income tax, 50,000 for my rent, and 4,800 for my cellphone bill I can expect to be paid 212,000 or around that much for the month of May. More often than not thought, there are 21 work days which is 252,000 of which I see about 190,000 yen.
Right now I am being raped on the exchange rate, 121 yen to the dollar. So for May that is around 1,750 USD after taxes, rent, and the phone bill. If the yen would gain to what is the normal rate of 115 since I have been in Japan, that would bring me to 1,840 USD.
But I am about to see a change in my contract come August and the pay by day will be replaced with a flat monthly salary.