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I can't say anything about India but yeah that's about right for Pakistan. I graduated last year and started working there for a Fintech startup as an ML engineer and my salary was half that. It was considered pretty good for someone who was fresh out of university.

For reference I am now in Portugal and my salary is 1400EUR before taxes. I know it's not a lot but it is much better than it was there.

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How about cost of living. How much did you pay for rent in PK vs. PT?

(I am asking out of genuine curiosity. Rent or mortgage is usually the heaviest burden in the West.)

Im from India and my rent for 2BhK(solid concrete house) in a gated community apartments was $80 per month.

I think I’m spending around 1/5 of my monthly salary on rent here? I think I’d have been spending almost the same amount of my salary percentage wise back in Pakistan as well, possibly more. But I can’t say for sure as I was living with my parents back then.

Also for reference I’m living in a pretty cheap city in Portugal so rent is definitely cheaper here and in Pakistan I used to live in the capital so rent was a lot more expensive compared to other places in Pakistan.

Out of context but how did you move from Pk to Portugal? Job or freelance visa?

Oh jeez sorry the client I’m using for HN doesn’t notify me for some reason, yeah I’m on a job visa, D3.

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