At the moment, my current income is $10 per hour at forty hours a week. I live with my family so my expenses are low. This allows me to put back money for investing and saving. Not much, but some.
Thanks for the link. That is a very useful tool. I’ll be applying that to other prospects, not just London.
Tax is one aspect I’m still trying to figure out all the small details for. I know that I can expect higher taxes, but I don’t know what I’m getting out of that tax. I have some light, continuous medical expenses, so making certain of my healthcare is fairly important to me. If my current healthcare costs are absorbed by my taxes, I won’t be changing expenses much, as far as tax and medical goes.
No, I am not from any EEA country. Thank you for clarifying how the housing benefits work.
Yep, that was the plan. The area is Barnet, in North London. I’m not sure how far out from the school I’d have to live, but my plan is to bus. If I could get within biking range, I’d switch to cycling, but I suspect Barnet itself to be out of my price range.
I principally want to have money left over for investing, either in personal accounts or actual investments. I do not purchase many luxury goods (as a librarian, I get most of my luxury items on loan), but I do want to plan for the future. Cryonics won’t pay for itself!
To clarify, the job is a librarian position. My state is abysmal as far as prospects. Only one city has any opportunities of note. It is highly saturated with librarians from my alma mater, and the only openings are entry level with extremely poor benefits ($9-$10 per hour, part time, higher expenses than other cities in the state). The South as a whole is little better. Only North Carolina and parts of Virginia have a decent market for librarians and both are saturated with students of the Research Triangle. As I am not an alum from the area, getting in is difficult. I do have other prospects in the works, but they are all State-side so I can calculate their costs on my own, without a second opinion.
As for why the school in the U.K. is interested, I believe (I cannot say for sure as they have only given me basic information) that it is because I’m a foreign citizen with some decent level of experience. I’ve only worked in libraries a few years (since high school), but I’ve made the most of the time and managed to bolster my resume somewhat. I think this and the appeal to diversity (American, Southern, still well educated) might be giving me an advantage, though, again, this is not saying much as I have not yet been offered the job. Only spoken to the Headmaster of the school about the basics of the position.
I have some light, continuous medical expenses, so making certain of my healthcare is fairly important to me. If my current healthcare costs are absorbed by my taxes, I won’t be changing expenses much, as far as tax and medical goes.
Doctor’s visits, surgery, emergencies and the like are free at the point of use. Prescriptions on the other hand, are usually a fixed price (at the moment £8.05, you might be able to get a low-earner discount though) if you’re in England (Wales, Scotland and N. Ireland are free). Other things like dentistry and opticians have their own separate rules.
At the moment, my current income is $10 per hour at forty hours a week. I live with my family so my expenses are low. This allows me to put back money for investing and saving. Not much, but some.
Thanks for the link. That is a very useful tool. I’ll be applying that to other prospects, not just London.
Tax is one aspect I’m still trying to figure out all the small details for. I know that I can expect higher taxes, but I don’t know what I’m getting out of that tax. I have some light, continuous medical expenses, so making certain of my healthcare is fairly important to me. If my current healthcare costs are absorbed by my taxes, I won’t be changing expenses much, as far as tax and medical goes.
No, I am not from any EEA country. Thank you for clarifying how the housing benefits work.
Yep, that was the plan. The area is Barnet, in North London. I’m not sure how far out from the school I’d have to live, but my plan is to bus. If I could get within biking range, I’d switch to cycling, but I suspect Barnet itself to be out of my price range.
I principally want to have money left over for investing, either in personal accounts or actual investments. I do not purchase many luxury goods (as a librarian, I get most of my luxury items on loan), but I do want to plan for the future. Cryonics won’t pay for itself!
To clarify, the job is a librarian position. My state is abysmal as far as prospects. Only one city has any opportunities of note. It is highly saturated with librarians from my alma mater, and the only openings are entry level with extremely poor benefits ($9-$10 per hour, part time, higher expenses than other cities in the state). The South as a whole is little better. Only North Carolina and parts of Virginia have a decent market for librarians and both are saturated with students of the Research Triangle. As I am not an alum from the area, getting in is difficult. I do have other prospects in the works, but they are all State-side so I can calculate their costs on my own, without a second opinion.
As for why the school in the U.K. is interested, I believe (I cannot say for sure as they have only given me basic information) that it is because I’m a foreign citizen with some decent level of experience. I’ve only worked in libraries a few years (since high school), but I’ve made the most of the time and managed to bolster my resume somewhat. I think this and the appeal to diversity (American, Southern, still well educated) might be giving me an advantage, though, again, this is not saying much as I have not yet been offered the job. Only spoken to the Headmaster of the school about the basics of the position.
Doctor’s visits, surgery, emergencies and the like are free at the point of use. Prescriptions on the other hand, are usually a fixed price (at the moment £8.05, you might be able to get a low-earner discount though) if you’re in England (Wales, Scotland and N. Ireland are free). Other things like dentistry and opticians have their own separate rules.
Prescription is my concern so that’s what I needed to know about. Thanks for the info and the link.