Average Salary in Thailand is 96,900 THB/month???

[cdnmatt]

http://www.salaryexplorer.com/salary-survey.php?loc=215&loctype=1


A person working in Thailand typically earns around 96,900 THB per month. Salaries range from 24,500 THB (lowest average) to 433,000 THB (highest average, actual maximum salary is higher).

Does that seem a little off to anyone else?

[Dodger]

They must be talking about the Generals.

[cdnmatt]

They must be talking about the Generals.

Yeah, someone should go tell most Thais how much money they're making, because I'm pretty sure they don't even know.

[Zebedee]

I think I've been mixing in the wrong circles when in Thailand. LOL

Or maybe I'm out of touch ,I would've said about ฿24,000 for the average worker in hospitality, shop assistants, construction workers, etc. I guess tradesmen, office workers, about ฿35,000. Self employed , I wouldn't guess.
It would be interesting to hear from posters that run businesses ,other than Bars.

[cdnmatt]

Well, unless wages have skyrocketed in the past few years, for example a typical 7/11 worker can expect to make about 8000/month.

[Zebedee]

I had no idea it was that low!

[cdnmatt]

I had no idea it was that low!

Yeah, hence why when you're 19 and good looking, prostitution sounds like a hell of an idea.

About 6 hours of work, and you've made same amount as working at 7/11 all month.

[StevieWonders]

Yeah, hence why when you're 19 and good looking, prostitution sounds like a hell of an idea.

About 6 hours of work, and you've made same amount as working at 7/11 all month.And you sometimes meet a nicer class of person.

[Armando]

Well, unless wages have skyrocketed in the past few years, for example a typical 7/11 worker can expect to make about 8000/month.
Although I have difficulty believing the figures, your thread heading quotes an average. It seems clear the figures are for those in professional jobs, plus the low average is 24,500 baht per month. Having worked as a consultant for a couple of Bangkok-based firms, the low rate for professionals seems about right. The average is maybe about right for major companies, but definitely too high for small companies.

[cdnmatt]

And you sometimes meet a nicer class of person.


They're the ones who drink 20 year old scotch out of snifters, right?

[StevieWonders]

They're the ones who drink 20 year old scotch out of snifters, right?
A variation on felching, yes

[cdnmatt]

Although I have difficulty believing the figures,


My bad, it might be about 150 baht per-month more nowadays.

https://www.bakermckenzie.com/en/insight/publications/2019/12/thailand-minimum-wage-increment


The proposed increment is applicable to unskilled workers and ranges from 313-336 Baht, depending on provinces, representing an increase of five to six Baht from the current daily wage rate range of 308-330 Baht.

Say you work 26 days/month = 26 * 313 = 8138 baht.

As far as I'm aware at least, 7/11 pays minimum wage. I remember Kim's little sister worked there for a while, and was only making about 8000/month.

[Oliver2]

There are a few Thais who are filthy rich (no names, of course) and so the average is meaningless, other than showing why the country needs a good dose of socialism.

[Brad the Impala]

There are a few Thais who are filthy rich (no names, of course) and so the average is meaningless, other than showing why the country needs a good dose of socialism.

I don't think that those people will be sharing their income level with any outsiders!

[goji]

There are a few Thais who are filthy rich (no names, of course) and so the average is meaningless, other than showing why the country needs a good dose of socialism.

There is no such thing as a good dose of socialism.
Corrupt socialism will probably be even worse than corrupt capitalism. Then to see how socialism compares with capitalism, e.g. East Germany with West Germany or North Korea v South Korea.

What Thailand needs to do is reduce corruption, raise minimum wages, encourage some productivity improvements and improve the education system.

[cdnmatt]

There is no such thing as a good dose of socialism.
Corrupt socialism will probably be even worse than corrupt capitalism. Then to see how socialism compares with capitalism, e.g. East Germany with West Germany or North Korea v South Korea.

What Thailand needs to do is reduce corruption, raise minimum wages, encourage some productivity improvements and improve the education system.


Just because Hitler decided to call it the "Nazi Socialist" party doesn't mean it was socialist in any shape or form.

[Dodger]

Although I have difficulty believing the figures, your thread heading quotes an average. It seems clear the figures are for those in professional jobs, plus the low average is 24,500 baht per month. Having worked as a consultant for a couple of Bangkok-based firms, the low rate for professionals seems about right. The average is maybe about right for major companies, but definitely too high for small companies.

Agree.

The average gross income in Thailand is only 14.300 THB/month according to the data linked below:

https://www.ceicdata.com/en/indicator/thailand/monthly-earnings

Thailand has the largest wealth gap in the world, with the richest 1% in Thailand controlling almost 67% of the country’s wealth.

[Brad the Impala]

Thailand has the largest wealth gap in the world, with the richest 1% in Thailand controlling almost 67% of the country’s wealth.

The disparity is increasing at an unsustainable rate.

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https://www.aseantoday.com/2019/01/thailands-wealth-inequality-is-the-highest-in-the-world-what-does-this-mean-for-upcoming-elections/

[latintopxxx]

would be interesting to see how the US, UK, Germany and the scandinavian utopias compare.

[Dodger]

would be interesting to see how the US, UK, Germany and the scandinavian utopias compare.

Sadly, about two thirds of the countries are tilted almost as bad.

The rich get richer, and the poor get poorer as they say.

[arsenal]

All countries need an underclass. In rich countries it's provided by immigrants and in poor countries it's provided by the lowly.

No country does more to ensure a continued supply of suicide jumping factory fodder than communist China.

[Oliver2]

The problem is that Thailand's underclass consists of 70% of the population. Or more. Of such divisions, revolutions are made. And the Red Shirts came close. Hence the massacre. And now the students.....and they are predominantly in the 30%. The times they are a-changing. I bet the Junta is grateful to Covid for keeping the lid on dissent.

[StevieWonders]

And now the students.....and they are predominantly in the 30%.That’s not my experience - all the ones I know who are active are privately educated, the children of the bourgeoisie, both commercial and bureaucratic. I get the latest information and jargon from a guy educated at Bangkok Christian College whose father was a high-ranking civil servant. My ménage on the other hand, all members of the 30%, barely know the name of the prime minister and have never been on a protest. None watch the news. There’s only one thing both groups have in common but it’s not a topic for the Forum.

[StevieWonders]

I suspect there’s an assumption that Thailand’s working poor are still mostly Thai. They’re not; they’re the Burmese, Lao and Khmer who are drawn to the bright lights and make up large swathes of unskilled labourers, legally or illegally in the Kingdom.

[a447]

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