# German Immigration # Introduction Immigration is a major event in life for many people. Many friends expressed that they are very interested in immigrating to Germany, but at the same time they are very worried that their income and cost of living in Germany will be very high after immigrating to Germany. Regarding these questions, the most convincing answers are the life experiences of old German immigrants. The following is compiled and published by!

1. How is your daily consumption after immigrating to Germany?

Food expenses

Food is the most important thing for the people. As the largest economy in Europe, although Germany is a developed country, prices are really not high:

Friendly prices in Germany:

Lean pork: 5-6 euros per kilogram

Pork belly: 3-4 euros per kilogram

Eggs: ordinary per box (10 pieces) 1-1.3 euros

Pollution-free eggs: about 2.3 euros per box (10 pieces)

Milk: (1L): fresh milk 0.65 euros

Apples: 2 euros per kilogram

Chinese cabbage: 1-1.5 euros per kilogram according to season

Full Wheat baguette: 750 g package, 0.7-1.3 euros

1L of cauliflower oil: 1.19 euros

1 kg of carrots: 1.49 euros

1 kg of cauliflower: 1.79 euros

Therefore, prices in Germany are only lower but not higher than those in China.

You may have questions, do you think the prices in Germany are really so cheap? It doesn’t matter, the above is a real German shopping list of immigrant customers, is it not cheap? Usually 10-20 euros is enough. Bought a large basket of food, enough for a week. In China, what can you buy for one or two hundred yuan in the supermarket?

Transportation costs

The main way of traveling for Germans is by car. Many cars are produced here. Imagine a country where even taxis are Mercedes-Benz. How expensive can they be? Therefore, the price is very low, usually one-third or even less than that in China. The average price of low-end cars from Volkswagen, France's Citro?n and Japan is only a few thousand euros, while high-end cars cost tens of thousands of euros.

Clothing and communication costs

German clothing is very cheap, and brands like H&M, C&A or Zara are even cheaper. You can buy two H&M T-shirts for 5 euros, two long-sleeved ones for 9.9 euros, and a pair of jeans for 19.9 euros.

The average German spends about 100 euros per month on clothing. The truth is, you don’t have to buy clothes every month.

The communication fee of 15 euros can meet the needs. In Germany, after the high-speed traffic is used up, there is no restriction on low-speed traffic, and there is no problem in checking Moments.

Education Expenses

It is obvious to everyone that Chinese people attach great importance to their children’s education. Many families attach more importance to saving their children’s college expenses than their own retirement. Savings plan.

When children start going to school, the average family’s expenses will increase. In order to provide children with better educational resources, it is often necessary to invest a lot of money. However, public schools in Germany from kindergarten to university are free. In addition, families with financial difficulties can also apply for corresponding scholarships to reduce their financial burden.

Three-year maternity leave

In addition to free education, Germany attaches great importance to parents accompanying their children after birth. To what extent? Three-year maternity leave!!! What the heck? Three years. ..

The pregnancy problem of domestic working women has always been criticized by the Chinese people, but in Germany, no employer’s consent is required. Any employee has the right to enjoy three years of parental leave for each child, and both husband and wife take it together. An important point is that parental leave is calculated separately based on the birth of each child, which means that you can continue to enjoy the second three-year parental leave after giving birth to a second child.

▲In Germany, fathers can also take maternity leave

During parental leave, you can choose to work part-time or part-time. If neither spouse works, you can enjoy the childcare subsidy provided by the state for up to 14 months. The amount of the allowance is calculated based on 67% of the previous salary, with a minimum of 300 euros and a minimum of 1,800 euros. If you have multiples, you will receive an additional €300 for each additional child.

Housing costs

I believe that housing is the issue that everyone is most concerned about. If you live in a big city, the rent for a three-bedroom apartment of 80 square meters ranges from 800 to 1,200 euros depending on the location. In a small city, it can be settled for 600 to 800 euros. If you spend more than 150,000 to 250,000 euros to buy a house in Germany, you will save on rent, only property and network fees, etc.

Salary in Germany

Having said so much, what do you use to maintain daily expenses? How much is the salary in Germany?

If you have understood the salary in Germany After that, you will know how stress-free living in Germany is. The following is the monthly salary in various industries in Germany:

This is the monthly salary in Germany with one year of work experience. If you work for several years, the salary will increase to varying degrees. Don’t feel that the occupations these people are engaged in belong to the white-collar or gold-collar class. In Germany, a waiter without any threshold can earn a monthly salary of 2,000 euros.

Comparing the situation in China, wages in Germany can fully meet daily consumption needs.

Don’t think that wages in Germany are not high. Germany is a country with high welfare. We can enjoy welfare benefits in many places in the country that require large expenditures. So we often see on the Internet that German families travel together as a family every year. If you have more money, you can do whatever you want!!!

German Welfare

Free Medical Treatment

It is a common problem in China that medical treatment is difficult and expensive. Once you get sick, your family's financial expenses will be high. Germany implements universal medical insurance. If one person is insured, the whole family can use it. During the process of seeing a doctor, you only need to hold a medical insurance card to see a doctor. The statutory medical insurance will directly pay your medical expenses and drug expenses (if you need special designated drugs, you may need to pay a small amount of drug fees, usually only a few euros.) So , one person has a medical insurance card and the medical problems of his family members are solved.

The state provides children

Compared with those in China who dare not have children and cannot afford to raise them, in Germany children are provided by the state. When the child grows up to be a child, he or she can also enjoy the national monthly child allowance. The German Child Benefit is a financial subsidy that can be received every month after the birth of a child. Starting from July 1, 2019, the first two children can receive 204 euros/month; the third child 210 euros/month; the fourth and subsequent children can each receive 235 euros/month. This subsidy can be received until the child reaches the age of 18, and children who are studying in college can also receive the subsidy until the age of 25.

187-day holiday

If you live in Germany, affordable prices, high income, and a large number of welfare benefits can guarantee your basic living standard in Germany. Is work in Germany tiring? Germany is a country that refuses to work overtime. There are 18 holidays in Germany every year, 10 of which are national statutory holidays, and most of them are Christian-related holidays. Calculating this way, you can enjoy about 187 days of vacation a year.