Singapore is the best place to live in the world, according to expats. Super-clean Singapore. Three quarters of expats surveyed in Singapore were particularly impressed with the clean streets, clean air, public transport system, and safety in the city-state.

You and your family can live in Singapore with the confidence that your personal safety is always in good hands. Singapore is widely regarded as one of the safest countries in the world, with consistently low crime rates, a transparent legal system, and a reliable police force supported by proactive citizens.

To put it simply: Singapore is an easy place to live. The tropical weather is wonderful, so long as you can handle the heat. The public transportation is cheap, easy-to-use, and convenient. The city is considered the 8th safest place in the world, according to the 2018 Global Peace Index.

Singapore has been ranked as the top city in Asia in terms of quality of living according to global human resource consultancy, Mercer. Singapore is also regarded as the ‘Happiest country in South-east Asia’ according to the 2018 World Happiness Report .

A person working in Singapore typically earns around 8,450 SGD per month. Salaries range from 2,140 SGD (lowest average) to 37,700 SGD (highest average, actual maximum salary is higher). This is the average monthly salary including housing, transport, and other benefits.

However, S$6K per month is a decent salary to live a comfortable life in Singapore. Around 2K will be gone in house rent (if you take a 2-bed room HDB on rent) and utilities charges. Some amount will be spent on local transportation. MRT and buses are awesome and not expensive.

Currently, while Singapore has no acceptable measure of poverty, they consider any four person household that makes less than $1,250 per month as somewhat struggling. The $1,250 figure is considered the average a four person household would typically spend on food, clothing and shelter per month.

On average, a family needs at least $20,000 in salary to survive in Singapore. On a cheapskate, you will need at least $2000 for a salary. This amount only supports your survival.

You should budget at least $700 to $1,500 a month if you’re renting, and $1,500 to $3,000 a month if you’re a Singaporean/PR buying a home and eligible to purchase HDB property.

If your monthly gross is $4.5k, then your take-home pay after CPF deductions would be $3.6k. So if you want to have the envy of your peers, a gross salary of $5–6k should suffice. If you want to earn enough for a good lifestyle, then let’s use my personal desired lifestyle as a scenario.

200K Annual income is really good according to Singapore market. You can easily afford luxurious lifestyle. You can rent out 2BHK Condo, have your own car, personal maid (24X7), etc.