WOW! So much of your guys' input thank you so much! In regard to GROCERIES- yes, I think I did make a bit of a mistake🙈- I would say it's definitely more like $120-150 a month 😱😱 I'm sorry for the mistake! I hope then now you can DEFINITELY see what the real cost of living in Croatia is like, including with the average salary. love you all so so much!!!!
Kal, the real cost is extremely difficult to find in Croatia. One example are kinder gardens, right?! They are cheap, but subsidized by the local Government, namely Bandic. Than Public Transport, very very subsidized, ZET is paid by City budget, which is a huge taxation on City dwellers. A lot can be said about schooling, Universities and Zdravstvo (Public Health). All subsidized. While this might not be a huge problem for wealthy countries, it is unsustainable for Croatia, I'm afraid. So, good luck to them and you!
Kaileigh: The Levi's jeans is also pronounced in my country (Peru) the same way the Croatians do it " Le-vees" , instead of the way ( the correct way)Americans do it.
Buck Cerin Yeah, my parents still make comments about life in the old days.. Lots of haters out there. American salary & living in Croatia is a dream for me. It looks like I’m going to have to wait until I retire before I can live there full-time. Zadar
@@socalsilver6397 old days are nice idea but we have Germany work until pension and then return in Croatia... but its nice in school learn Englisch and later learn German ..
Mr.Bojke It’s a good idea. If you work and save for retirement, along with a pension & 401k (pension not common anymore in America), move to Croatia and live very comfortably. That’s my plan. 🤞🏼
Gledas video i osjecas se sritno i ponosno sta zivis u ovako lipoj zemlji, toliko jeftinije nego u americi, a onda dode kraj videa i svatis koliko koliko jadno placaju nas rad i trud da jedva krpas kraj s krajem ( tiraju te da zivis sa nekin da bi placa jedne osobe taman pokrila troskove za zivota od druge si uspila nesto dodatno priustit)....jedina pozitivna stvar u svemu je sta naucis kako zivit skromno i stedit...great video again, have a nice day everyone
Tocno toliko te jadno placaju u Americi da fakat tjeraju da se vise radi a da da si tamo mizerno placen za bilo koji vrstu posla ti nema nigdje samo u Americi
@@4lugan Croatians are emigrating to other countries a lot, mostly Germany and Ireland for multiple reasons, mostly because their friends and family are there. Not 100% sure, but I think currently there are more Croatians outside of Croatia then inside.
Health insurance in Croatia is taken out of your paycheck every month...depending on your paycheck. It's 15% of your paycheck each month... + you pay 'dopunsko' which is 70kn each month.
just google it,... you can call it gross 1 and gross 2 gross 1 is calculation for your neto salary (includes pension and taxes you pay) gross 2 is for your employer, he must add 16,5% of your gross salary (16,5% for health care), and that sum is all total salary cost example total salary cost = ? gross salary (example 10 000 units of HRK or $) (gross 1) 1. gross 1 = 10 000 2. contribution from gross 1 = 2 000 15% for pension =1 500 5% for pension = 500 3. income 1 (1. gross - 2. contribution) = 8 000 4. tax break = 3 800 (min tax break on salary in CRO) 5. tax base (1. gross - 2. contribution - 4. tax break) = 4 200 6. tax (is progressive by group 12%, 25%, 40%) country (4 200 puts you in 25% group) = 1 008 county / city (10% is most common) = 100,8 7. neto salary (3. income 1 - 6. tax) = 6 891,20 (this is what you will get) 8. gross 2 (gross 1 + 16,5% of gross 1) 16,5% for health care 1 650 (changed from 15 to 16,5 from this year) = 10 000 + 1 650 = 11 650 (this is what employer will pay for you = total salary cost) math is good but everything else is loosely translated, sry 😅
can you please show me how do you see calculation for total salary cost, and if health care is not added to gross 2 from what are you add or subtract it
@@coldwarrior5 Might sound like much but it is still way cheaper than here in US. Recently I've cut my hand which required 10 stitches to fix, cost me $1300. I did not have insurance because it would cost me just about $400 a month to maintain health insurance with $10,000 deductible and 20% co-pay. A day spent in a hospital can cost anywhere between $1500-$35,000 depending on type of care received.
FinchyLuka No, it’s not $20. You have to go to driving school 1st. It used to be free in high school. High school does not offer driving lessons anymore. They haven’t offered that in probably 25 years. Driving school in Los Angeles is about $300-$400 USD
I lived in Croatia when I was young and I remember my parents stressing over money. My parents were college educated (many people in Croatia are) but life was not easy financially. There were times when we'd run out of money towards the end of the month before they got their next paycheck, or my dad's boss wouldn't pay him on time. Now I live in the US and while I miss Croatia immensely and I miss Croatian kind hearted people, it is at least nice to never have to worry about money.
Blue Sky yes, now no health insurance, no 34 days of paid leave, no paid sick leave, no free universities ... in US it is very good if you are healthy and can work and to pay for all that. What would you do if you get sick ... and you cant work ... who will pay for tuition fees, healthcare, sick leave ...
@@alexhorvath9277 Everything you say is true. And yes, the situation can change very easily for a person, especially like you say, if one is dealing with illness. But still overall, I find it a lot easier to make a living in the US on your own, without connections, nepotism etc.
Health insurance isnt free,its just paid directly from your salary and it isnt cheap,almost 10 percent goes to it,and then same amount goes to pension fee so our salarys are not big
It is very important to put things in perspective FIRST. A 20 minutes video with most important information at the very end makes a lot of viewers lose interest, stop watching and draw completely wrong conclusions. This also could have been avoided by translating each cost into a percentage of average pay in the respective country: US rent 1000$ or 33% of average wage, CRO rent 375$ or 44% of average wage, etc.
Vedran Jurić Well, it’s her video, she can film in which ever order she decides fits best. What you’re suggesting is what makes most sense for you. Besides, the title says “costs of living” and “america vs croatia” and that’s exactly what she did (first), she compared them.
Just because you are free to do whatever you want, it does not make it right, or correct. I am sure that what I am suggesting makes most sense to a large majority of people, which is backed up by a number of people pointing the obvious flaw, which in turn called upon you, a champion defender of the video creator, to stand up for the helpless commenting that "Everyone shut up". But, if you really want to be right on this one, yes, this is her video and she can do whatever she wants with it. Cheers.
@@N1te0wl141 Ne lupetaj, naš sustav je daleko kvalitetniji od njihovog. Rođak mi je tamo išao u srednju i faks. pa oni su tunguzija prema nama, ali ozbiljno - kaskaju po dvije godine za nama. A da ne govorimo da im je opće obrazovanje nula. Pojma oni nemaju o ničemu. što se tiče kretena, njih svugdje ima, ali ne dao ti Bog da vidiš što se sve događa po američkim školama... Pogotovo onima koje nisu privatne... Pakao, doslovno. Daleko smo mi od toga, hvala Bogu još uvijek jako daleko... Mnogi se tako zayebu, ne cijene i ne vole svoje pa onda gutaju tuđa govna jer misle budale da je sve tuđe bolje... Mi smo iskompleksiran i glup narod koji ne cijeni i ne voli svoju zemlju. I svi bježe ko zadnji šupci, umjesto da uzmu stvari u svoje ruke.
@N1te0wl141 Mi jesmo pametniji ljudi al naš sistem se bazira na glupim bodovima koje skupljaš četiri godine , pa kad me dođe neko iz nekog sela neke tamo jazbine prošo sa 5.0 sve razrede da će ić u mioc naježim se . Tu se mučim idem u tešku školu pa mi kažu da treba bit tak teško da dobim neko predznanje. Gluposti ... treba bit ko stara vremena kad su se davali ispiti prije srednje a ne ovo sranje jebeno .
@@svenkelek2179 Često su djeca sa sela pametnija od gradske, i to ti govorim kao gradsko dijete. A protekcija ima svugdje, i kod nas i u SADu, ne brini.
Kaileigh, while you included price of gas, you forgot to include something way more impactful: the price of getting the car itself. Cars in USA as way more cheaper than in Croatia.
Yeah but car insurance is probably much lower in Croatia. We pay around 3000kn or €400 for road tax and insurance for lower kw car with let say 20% bonus or a few years of no claim. Insurance for the exact same car with 5 years of no claim in Ireland would cost you €1000 plus €400 for road tax. I imagine prices in the US are in the same range as those in Ireland
How do you mean? It really is free because your employer has to pay it for you. It is extra expens for employer, but currently it is its fee calculated on top of you gross income.
@@KaleighHendershot also I believe there are measures in Croatia that make it cheap to have kids. e.g you would have to pay insurance for kids whereas in Croatia it would be fully free.
Health insurance is not free in Croatia. If you're employed, your employer automatically deduces a percentage to pay for the general health insurance, along with taxes and pension fund. You can also choose to pay 70 kn per month for additional health insurance (which covers more medications and medical procedures). If you compare your net salary (money you get after deducing everything) and your gross salary (money your employed needs to pay out), the net salary is ~55-60% of gross salary. A huge amount of money you earned goes to the government. That is one of the reasons salaries are small and entrepreneurs stay away from Croatia for the most part. In Croatia, when we're given our paycheck, we receive net salary with everything deduced, while in USA they receive gross salary and pay their taxes and insurance separately (if I'm not mistaken), which is why certain things seem "free" in Croatia. They're not free, you just don't think about them here because it gets automatically taken care for you.
In Croatia it is almost impossible to live alone if you work on a shitty minimum wage so most of our younger population still lives with their parents and they aren't in a relationship meaning the population is decreasing
Good video, but 90$ for groceries per month? Impossible! I do not know what you eat but 90$ is just not enough for 1 person unless you eat every other day or you are on some serious diet. 2 persons can not survive a whole month on 90$ for groceries, 2 persons for 90$ per month would be hungry most of the month. You need to recalculate but nice try!
But hey, it goes the other way too. I have a friend who, due to his parents' job lived a few years in Macedonia and he felt the same way as Kaleigh did in Croatia. Everything is much cheaper but everyone else's salary is much smaller.
In Croatia you can more easily acquire organic food, ... some people grow food around there houses in garden or small agricultural field. Nature is more beautiful and clean. ... Unfortunately a lot of people can not find decent job, so they flee to Germany, Ireland or England.
Really? You think peope fertilize the land by pumping out sewer vaste directly on the filed? Manuer need to stay in a pit to get ripe before it can be used as a fertilizer.
I personally live in Croatia and it is a really bigggggg difference of the standard of life between Croatia and the US and our politics suck wayyyy more than the US. You didn't mention smartphones and other electronics are way more expensive than the US and the internet is way slower in Croatia. And i want to point out Lilith Enslaveds' comment "Health insurance in Croatia is taken out of your paycheck every month...depending on your paycheck. It's 15% of your paycheck each month... + you pay 'dopunsko' which is 70kn each month."
You know what is crazier...me sending a large If it fits, it ships priority mail box to Croatia 9 years ago was about 35.00, now the USPS wants about 80.00 for the same exact box! I'd love to ship my relatives goodies here and there, but when the shipping is twice as much as the goods I am shipping, it seems senseless.
P.s. you ve got most of the costs right but food for 1 person is 90$???? No way!!! I spend more then 130$ a month for food and I get most of my veggies from my dads garden (free).
Ma što je pogodila što vi ljudi pričate u nekim gradovima pogotovo u Dalmaciji su prosječne cijene stanova za rentane 1500kuna, dobro ljude jeli se vi drogirate?
@@faithless7985 koga smo ti ubili da se tako zestis? Popij normabel 😁 ja zivim u splitu cili zivot. U centru grada ne mozes nac garazu po cijeni od 1500kn/mj, a kamoli jednosoban stan. Prija mi je zivila u jednosobnom stanu na sucidru (daleko van centra) i placala ga je 1700kn. Eto, ti nadi jednosoban stan u centru za 1500kn i ja ti platim rucak
@@faithless7985 pogledaj video pa ce ti bit jasnije odakle joj brojke. Prvo tvrdis da je stan 1500kn za rentanje, a sad pricas o svojoj sestri van centra u dvosobnom stanu....??? Aaaa?? Meni nije jasno sta ti uopce mislis
Thanks for mentioning the salaries cause all my friends say OMG so cheap to live there but don't realize we put NOTHING on the side and traveling abroad ruins us...
One of the reasons your utilities are more is that the Seattle non-metro area is one of the cheapest electric and gas rates around. In fact the state is the 2nd cheapest almost cheaper than Montana. The residential rate is about 9.75 cents per KW outside seattle city limits (so the surrounding cities). The US average is 14 cents and Croatia is 15 cents. Natural gas is cheap and popular. Propane even in the US is about 3x more money. Also, much of the power comes from hydro which is cheap and some pretty large wind farms.
dude if you are any good in anything you dont work for 5000kunas.... if you dont have highschool you can work for 5000kunas.... waiter, cleaner, any shitty job can get you from 4-5k kunas.... if you are high school with skill you can get 6-9000kunas.... if you are collage educated you can get 10-15,000kunas.... if you are master you can earn 20,000 easy... if you own your own business you can even go higher...20-30-50.000... Problem is that Croats came from communist country and they worship JOBS and thats why most of people enjoy working and are scared of starting own business....
@@elvismanhattan284 well yea but not really she is talking about a regular job in US not high end job with master deegre and lets be honest here people in Croatia dont make above 6-7 if they have legal job and if they are not working in politics
@@edoslamb sta pricas ja perem ventilacije za 6000 + 5100 extra kad sam na terenu... sa osnovnom skolom... kad sam konobario imao sam 6000placu i baksis 50-150kn dnevno.... kad sam namjestao namjestaj imao sam 35kn sat... 10sati dnevno 350kn x25dana... 8000kn... o cemu pricas? svi moji prijatelji sa fakultetima imaju place 15-20,000...neznam di ti zivis al tako je u ZG
Yeah, family of two here, we spend about 100 $ a week for food and hygiene. And I cook every day, if not, it would be much more. Maybe she eats at her mother-in-laws and she grows stuff?
@@watcher0754 my wife and I spend about $150 to $200 a week on food and hygiene here in the USA, and about $100 a week for both of us when we're in Croatia. I Wonder how you only spend $300 a month
Excellent comparisons. Nice job. Although sidenote, 15:57 if you end up meeting Croatian fans of Attack on Titan then we won't confuse the pronunciation of Levi's jeans, heh
Oh i guess you didn't hear are prime minister and our Ms. president they say that the average pay in Croatia (Zagreb) is 7,500 kuna. And just to inform you price of oil in croatia is so big becose half of the cost gose to govermant taxes. and utilities are so big because most of the people work in companies that provide utilities and usually they have normal wages (about 7,500 kuna) but u have to be politically suitable to work in these companies. It is great that you realize that there's some problems here, but this is just a surface. Corruption of politician is huge here!!
Yup...agreed!!! 25% of everything we buy (including services) goes to government as a money that will be invested in infrastructure, hospitals, building, parks...etc. but also its invested in expensive cars, houses, travs of our politicians who dont even worh 8h a day but also gets about 3-5 times more salary then we average people do. And that salary is, again, from taxes that we pay every single day
Hi Dario. Thanks for your comment - I do think it's important that these issues are talked about and I'm trying to find the balance between promoting the wonderful Croatia while exposing the reality... Thanks for your support and, you are right, corruption is a HUGE problem!
Also, a square meter for a house in Zagreb is about 10k, come to the sea and you can easily double that, a normal house first row to the sea is about 600-800.000€,
Buu, koje vi predrasude imate :( www.riverfronttimes.com/foodblog/2015/04/03/antonios-bistro-and-market-a-new-bosnian-restaurant-in-southhampton "From the menu, choose from dishes including pljeskavica ($6.95)" Hocete Australiju? Nema problema, cevapi su AU$10.
@@aleksandarrasic3424 Dje ga nema, u jednom austrijskom gradu od neki 100.000 st. ima 6 cevabdzinica i 3 balkanske pekare, par diskoteka, kafica na svakom cosku, osjecam se ko kod kuce.
Croatian living in Sweden here! Great videos Kaleigh! Really fun, and really entertaining. Subscribed! :) Going to the movies over here: 16 freaking dollars per ticket. How’s that for shocking :P
@@lorawho9331 I’m not 100% sure what you mean. I was talking about going to the movies in Sweden, not Croatia. And converting the price to dollars, it’s about 15-16$.
There are couple of holes in the calculation, in USA all prices are displayed without sales tax, Croatian prices include tax. Paycheks also, in US that 3k that you mentioned is before tax and 850 in Croatia is after tax
I love how you said that the croatians live with families because they simply dont have enough money to rent or buy house/apartment. Turns out, that is one good thing about poverty. It forces you to stick together. Health insurance should be free everywhere, that is why people rather move to Canada than to the states.
Unfortunately, this is a realistic picture of life in Croatia. I'm 30, I'm not married, and like many of my friends I live with my parents in the apartment because my salary is not enough to go to live alone. With less than 4000kn(600USD) salary it is practically impossible.
I have only one question? In which town or city in Croatia apartment in the center of town costs 2.400 kn? Because I would happily move and live in that city. These are live nonsense. I live in Croatia, and with 100% certainty I can say that nowhere in the center of town you can not find an apartment for 2.400 kn.
Hey there, just found your channel and I've got one question about your budget summary. Are groceries in Croatia so wonderfuly cheap or do you eat out so much?
16:01 lev-ees? lot of people? Now, everyone in Croatia calls them lev-ees :D :D but, the interesting part is that Levi Strauss was Jewish, and I think that the exact pronunciation of the term Levi in Hebrew is Lev-ee. Ok, I know that's something different, but maybe that's the reason why people pronounce them like that, and probably the main reason why is that Levi's jeans are present in Croatia a long before many have understood English at all ;)
Monthly salary difference is also the biggest factor why people in Croatia (young ones) stay longer in family house together with parents. While in USA they move out sooner. It has its own pros and cons. Living in caring family is actually good. You dont alienate from parents. However living alone helps you become different person (maybe better, maybe worse). Perhaps that could be the subject of your new video? Young people and their perspective (or if its case sensitive, not perspective but their habits). :)
Things have changed and 90% of the millennial are moving back home with their parents, they can't afford the cost of living on their own plus going to school.
...please... im 26 and cant even dream of moving out of my parents house and its extremely stressful and demeaning, i feel like i failed at life even though i have a degree and good job, but the money is just not nearly enough to get my own place and freedom... i hate it, i would rather live on my own and visit my familiy when i wanted to
@@steverothmans5908 I hear ya!..You failed at nothing and its not demeaning, look at it from a different perspective, and thank the lords parents are around to be able to share their living quarters with you. I'am afraid we will never see the good old days that some were able to experience... Things have changed and they will not get better, too many people that have no business are riding the gravy train, and someone has to pay for it...There was not as many toys once upon a time, and that helped students to live independently. Tuition's were cheaper blah blah blah i can go on and on. Things are always easier in two's, can you find a decent room-mate who will pull their weight, and share a living space with you. Will mom still have you home for the occasional dinner..Factor all the pluses and minuses of living alone, will it be worth t? Treat mom and dad to an occasional dinner out, they deserve it...Good luck dude!
You can't rent an apartment in the city center for 375 dollars (2500kn). Not in Zagreb. Further from the centre sure but rental in Zg, depending on the location, is muy caro. :)
Great info thanks, I am seeing a small apartment seems to rent out in Zagreb for around 500 Euros, any advice on renting a room or is that not recommended?
@@debelix Where exactly? I know she talked about Internet and mobile usage, but she didn't mention physical devices, I think you're mixing mobile usage and actual phones...
@@KaleighHendershot For sure, next video can be about buying a car/house something relatively/very expensive, also mention loans/credits (especially college loans) and what interests they offer. Eagerly awaiting the new video...
Yeah, I don't know how you get expenses down to 90$, really? Is it because you're woman so you don't eat much? I'd say it's closer to 150$ here as well. And that's really just basic home made food 😉
@@elvismanhattan284 da, teoretski je moguće svesti na 1000 po osobi - ono, ako baš stisneš, sam pečeš kruh, ne jedeš meso svaki dan i sl. Volio bih vidjeti njezin menu... 🙂
@@elvismanhattan284 možeš se nutritivno hraniti za 1000 kn mjesečno po osobi. Samo to isključuje bilo kakve egzotične namirnice. Za cca. 585 kn kao što ona kaže - teško. Možda žene mogu, ne znam.
i was born in Canada. my parents immigrated here from Croatia. I am planning on visiting Croatia this summer. Would I be eligible to work and live in Croatia based on my parent's lineage? I'm getting sick of the cold and multiculturalism in the great white north.
@Uncomfortable Aleks - I am from a city that is brutally cold (-50c) and very violent. trust me, it is not a land of milk and honey. Canada is very expensive, and wages are not that good. I can barely pay for rent and food. I will be retiring in 8 years, so I can take my pension and live in beautiful Croatia one day. In the meantime, I will come and visit and maybe try to obtain dual citizenship. I will also look into earning income online such as teaching english, etc.
A sad samo za hrvatske 'pacijente' ovdje, NAJBOLJI ŽIVOT je (i u ovakvoj) Hrvatskoj, a vi u Canadi (npr. Vancouver prošetajte sami malo iza ponoći downtownom, a govorimo o Canadi, ne o US, Toronto je još gori, a Montreal je semiOK), kad ostanete bez posla u Canadi bez problema se preselite u drugi grad, zašto, pa zato što je SVE ISTO MONOTONO i bezvezno. Za US isto, ako ne i gore vrijedi i tamo oni sigurni (njih 5%) lete privatnim avionima, svi ostali na zemlji su NESIGURNI. Znate zašto su u Hootersa (je li još postoje?) slatka krilca, ne zbog kvalitete piletine već zbog kvalitete 'prezentacije', ko i pivo (ako se ta splačina može tako i zvat) i tako vam je većina stvari, PREZENTACIJA je najbitnija. Najbolji živiot uz HR, je u Mexicu (to znaju i ovi iz Canade i ovi iz US), sirotinja, a svi se smiju STALNO, opasno je, ali SVI se smiju i pjevaju, i čim pređete iz Texasa u Mexico,. kao iz tmurnog kišnog popodneva na jutarnje sunce. Onaj koji je ovo prošao zna o čemu govorim, a znaju i oni Sjeverno Amerikanci koji se preseljavaju u Mexico (a nisu kriminalci) ćim mogu. Za kvalitetu života jasno je da je vrlo bitno da ste siti i obučeni, ali vjerujte, ja bih osobno rađe bio polusit i polugol u npr. Omišu, nego sit i obučen u South Dallasu (ili za taj slučaj u bilo kojem drugom većem predgrađu). Novac NIJE SVE, ali je izuzetno važan, međutim pitajte strance što najviše vole ovdje (pa i neka Kaleigh reče što je prvo zamijetila), to sigurno nije povezano sa novcem i bogastvom. Našu Hrvatsku zagađuju pokvareni, lažljivi kvazipolitičari i neradnici koje nam je komunističko-socijalističko jednoumlje ostavilo u nasljeđe, ali i njima (koji kad kradu misle da kradu državi, a ne svima nama) doći će kraj, Lijep pozdrav
I will be moving alone to Croatia on work permit with salary being 1000 dollars accommodation, transportation, medical will be covered by company. So is this salary decent enough to lead a nominal life style?
Levi's is same as Nike. Americans call it Nikees (read Najkis in Croatian xD), and the rest of the world calls it literally Nike (read Najk in Croatian) 😂
As a croat it feels like everything is expensive because the salaries are small so there is like an illusion of spending more money than you actually are.
You really have to be brave to live here instead of US.. get ready to be waiting for months in couple of years when you get old in hospitals,get ready that an usual people-arent really important,its all about the ministers and their families. You should know that the 1.number one enemy is political party called HDZ,you also should know that people living with about 450-500 US dollars payment per month and about 100-200 pension payment after they retire,living here depends on what you doing for living,most of the people dont have money for basic stuff,but oh well if you found croatia as a good country to live in,best of luck.
I was just apartment hunting and here’s the 2020 update: a one bedroom in zagreb (central-ish) will cost you 500-700 euro a month, depending on condition and location
My personal experience living in Zagreb Rent (1bedroom): $505 Utilities: $115 Internet: $45 Phone: $26 Gas: $135 Food: $540 (2 person) -------------- $1366 And that is for a low standard apartment in Zagreb. At the coast for that money you can live under the bridge. Average salary in Zagreb (dec 2018) $1095 (after tax) --------------- Once again Zagreb is quite cheap comparing to Dubrovnik or Split. I really dont know where did you find your numbers ... Also you dont have to pay schools or universities in Croatia as they are free. 24 min video reading stuff from Numbeo. If you wanted to make a real comparation you should put more effort in all this ... not just effort in making your video 24 min long to read 7 prices ... And what food do you buy for $90 per month? That is $3 per day ... 20k per day? 1l of yogurt and on bread??
I went to kindergarden which was one of the best for 120$/month in Croatia. Some normal ones are 20-30$/month. Cheapest you acctualy can get for around 15$. Im's acctualy 12 years old now and it amazes me how thing are expensive in USA. But sallerys are here like 400-500$. We acctualy consider these prizes here in Croatia really high because of money problems. Greatings from Križevci!
Minimalac je oko 400$ Normalna placa je izmedu 800 do 1200$ Stan kosta 300-350$ mjesecno i to dvosobni stan Znaci ne pricaj o cemu neznas imas 12 godina
Hi sweetie! thank you for your input - it's so nice to hear from something your age! Things are more expensive in the US but, remember, the salaries are bigger, allowing anyone working to be able to afford those prices! Greetings to Križevci!
I was not able to write this when 12yo :) Are you sure you are 12? Any yes, I went to Vladimir Nazor. The cheapest are subsidized by the local government, everyone pays for it, even us with no kids. That is not really fair, don't you think?
Pozdrav amerikanka- gleda I smo ja i supruga vaše videe i smejali se ,radovali vašim objašnjenjima jer smo mi iz Jugoslavije ( Ilirije) svi isti...! Čekam kada ćete spomenuti ikupiranu Srpsku Krajinu sobzirom da dolazite iz slobodarske Amerike (usa) pozdrav i bez uvrede - volimo vas!
So basically we're a shithole, not that I didn't know that before. Adjusted for salaries, the cost of living in Croatia is very high. Most families spend the majority of income on food and utilities, and very little is left for everything else. Food in particular is very expensive in Croatia: while eating out is cheaper than in US and most Western countries, you can actually find cheaper food in supermarket in Germany for example, than the one in Croatia, which is ridiculous. As you mentioned yourself, if everyone actually paid all of the costs on an average salary, we'd be in debt, which is why an average Croatian citizen is cutting costs whenever possible, including taking public transportation, chasing discounts, and yes living with parents. Great video though, your best one yet. Informative and fun. Hopefully we'll see more of that in the future.
thank you so much! yes, you are right, people are trying to cut costs wherever they can and it is simply near impossible to cover all the costs by yourself. I'm glad I was finally able to get this video out too, i'm glad that you enjoyed 😘
You spend only 90$ on the food per month? How? Or I didn't understand something....For entire month, my husband and I are spending about 450$ and we don't buy that much food or eat out much.
@@MegaMarlboro666 njeni klipovi su mi sasvimok i dobro se nasmijem ,,,,,pitanje bilo cisto onako usput da vidim jel moze dati kakav odgovor ,,,,nije bilo losih namjera ,,,,
@@MegaMarlboro666 Ako sa nekim nije ratovala, onda je to zato što nema nafte. Ali naravno da će svaki Amerikanac ignorirati takva pitanja, i praviti se da ne razumije o čemu pričaš.
Man after reading all these comments I am starting to doubt my dream to retire in Croatia. Well at least I will still visit as soon as this Damn Plague ends I hope everyone stays safe and hopefully a better year in 2021...Cross Your Fingers..
WOW! So much of your guys' input thank you so much!
In regard to GROCERIES- yes, I think I did make a bit of a mistake🙈- I would say it's definitely more like $120-150 a month 😱😱 I'm sorry for the mistake! I hope then now you can DEFINITELY see what the real cost of living in Croatia is like, including with the average salary.
love you all so so much!!!!
Kal, the real cost is extremely difficult to find in Croatia. One example are kinder gardens, right?! They are cheap, but subsidized by the local Government, namely Bandic. Than Public Transport, very very subsidized, ZET is paid by City budget, which is a huge taxation on City dwellers. A lot can be said about schooling, Universities and Zdravstvo (Public Health). All subsidized. While this might not be a huge problem for wealthy countries, it is unsustainable for Croatia, I'm afraid. So, good luck to them and you!
Kaileigh: The Levi's jeans is also pronounced in my country (Peru) the same way the Croatians do it " Le-vees" , instead of the way ( the correct way)Americans do it.
@@margui6224 aww I didn't know that! someone informed me that we (in America) actually pronounce Levi wrong!
@@dbabicwa yes, you are so right. It's hard to know what cost what exactly, who it costs, and in what way!
@@KaleighHendershot and when and where
Live in Croatia with American salary and all good :)
Buck Cerin I have a cousin who lives in Croatia but works for American company. It’s rare but it does happen
Buck Cerin Yeah, my parents still make comments about life in the old days..
Lots of haters out there. American salary & living in Croatia is a dream for me. It looks like I’m going to have to wait until I retire before I can live there full-time. Zadar
@@socalsilver6397 old days are nice idea but we have Germany work until pension and then return in Croatia... but its nice in school learn Englisch and later learn German ..
Mr.Bojke It’s a good idea. If you work and save for retirement, along with a pension & 401k (pension not common anymore in America), move to Croatia and live very comfortably. That’s my plan. 🤞🏼
My question has nothing to do with topic but i wanna ask you would you ever wish to visit Iceland?
Gledas video i osjecas se sritno i ponosno sta zivis u ovako lipoj zemlji, toliko jeftinije nego u americi, a onda dode kraj videa i svatis koliko koliko jadno placaju nas rad i trud da jedva krpas kraj s krajem ( tiraju te da zivis sa nekin da bi placa jedne osobe taman pokrila troskove za zivota od druge si uspila nesto dodatno priustit)....jedina pozitivna stvar u svemu je sta naucis kako zivit skromno i stedit...great video again, have a nice day everyone
Al fakat.... Katastrofa🤬
Ne lažes 🙃
Tocno toliko te jadno placaju u Americi da fakat tjeraju da se vise radi a da da si tamo mizerno placen za bilo koji vrstu posla ti nema nigdje samo u Americi
A ca ces
Ja živim u Hrvatskoj
If you really want to experience that Croatian life you need to move to Germany or Ireland lol
Auuc... Al mislin istina al opet.. auc
Doma vlastela - vani bauštela.
I don't understand your comment. What do you mean?
@@4lugan Croatians are emigrating to other countries a lot, mostly Germany and Ireland for multiple reasons, mostly because their friends and family are there.
Not 100% sure, but I think currently there are more Croatians outside of Croatia then inside.
@@kresovk5 the end of sentence not true
Health insurance in Croatia is taken out of your paycheck every month...depending on your paycheck. It's 15% of your paycheck each month... + you pay 'dopunsko' which is 70kn each month.
No, she said correct, the employer pays for health care (+15% on your gross salary), but your gross salary is deducted by 20% for pension
just google it,...
you can call it gross 1 and gross 2
gross 1 is calculation for your neto salary (includes pension and taxes you pay)
gross 2 is for your employer, he must add 16,5% of your gross salary (16,5% for health care), and that sum is all total salary cost
example
total salary cost = ?
gross salary (example 10 000 units of HRK or $) (gross 1)
1. gross 1 = 10 000
2. contribution from gross 1 = 2 000
15% for pension =1 500
5% for pension = 500
3. income 1 (1. gross - 2. contribution) = 8 000
4. tax break = 3 800 (min tax break on salary in CRO)
5. tax base (1. gross - 2. contribution - 4. tax break) = 4 200
6. tax (is progressive by group 12%, 25%, 40%)
country (4 200 puts you in 25% group) = 1 008
county / city (10% is most common) = 100,8
7. neto salary (3. income 1 - 6. tax) = 6 891,20 (this is what you will get)
8. gross 2 (gross 1 + 16,5% of gross 1)
16,5% for health care 1 650 (changed from 15 to 16,5 from this year)
= 10 000 + 1 650
= 11 650 (this is what employer will pay for you = total salary cost)
math is good but everything else is loosely translated, sry 😅
can you please show me how do you see calculation for total salary cost, and if health care is not added to gross 2 from what are you add or subtract it
@@coldwarrior5 Might sound like much but it is still way cheaper than here in US. Recently I've cut my hand which required 10 stitches to fix, cost me $1300. I did not have insurance because it would cost me just about $400 a month to maintain health insurance with $10,000 deductible and 20% co-pay. A day spent in a hospital can cost anywhere between $1500-$35,000 depending on type of care received.
It's not optimal do pay health insurance it's only for people who don't care about their health it's a cash grab it's useful only for traveling.
Yeah but Croatians make 8-9 times less than Americans. It's much more expensive here in Croatia.
she said that at the end
Don't exaggerate.
Yes I definitely wanted to include this fact at the end!
21:50
@@frishki It's not 8-9 but it is 4-5x.
In Croatia you can get your drivers license for about 1100 $, in the USA you can get it for 20 $.
grappling klubbrod so in US it is free driving school then?
FinchyLuka It’s not free in US but Much cheaper than Cro
socal silver but its not 20$!
socal silver i just googled a bit. In US an hour in driving school is around 30-80$.if it is 30$ that comes for 30hours = 900$. So the same.
FinchyLuka No, it’s not $20. You have to go to driving school 1st. It used to be free in high school. High school does not offer driving lessons anymore. They haven’t offered that in probably 25 years. Driving school in Los Angeles is about $300-$400 USD
I lived in Croatia when I was young and I remember my parents stressing over money. My parents were college educated (many people in Croatia are) but life was not easy financially. There were times when we'd run out of money towards the end of the month before they got their next paycheck, or my dad's boss wouldn't pay him on time. Now I live in the US and while I miss Croatia immensely and I miss Croatian kind hearted people, it is at least nice to never have to worry about money.
Blue Sky yes, now no health insurance, no 34 days of paid leave, no paid sick leave, no free universities ... in US it is very good if you are healthy and can work and to pay for all that. What would you do if you get sick ... and you cant work ... who will pay for tuition fees, healthcare, sick leave ...
@@alexhorvath9277 Everything you say is true. And yes, the situation can change very easily for a person, especially like you say, if one is dealing with illness. But still overall, I find it a lot easier to make a living in the US on your own, without connections, nepotism etc.
Alex... besplatno zdravstveno, 34 dana godišnjeg, besplatno školovanje.. 😂😂😂
@@alexhorvath9277 what do you have from a free university when there is no job or a job with a bad salary
BalkanicSense really? No job? In Croatia?
Health insurance isnt free,its just paid directly from your salary and it isnt cheap,almost 10 percent goes to it,and then same amount goes to pension fee so our salarys are not big
Ne bih da te nerviram nepotrebno, ali 16.5% zdravstveno, 15-20% penziono, 12-14% porez i 3% osiguranje.
pa razlika u tome je sto ameri dobivaju place u bruto a mi u neto
gotovo je nemoguće izračunat tako da se sve uzme u obzir. al healthcare nigdje nije free to je najveća commie laž na planeti.
Everyone shut up at go watch from 21:50 cuz she *did* mention salaries.
It is very important to put things in perspective FIRST. A 20 minutes video with most important information at the very end makes a lot of viewers lose interest, stop watching and draw completely wrong conclusions.
This also could have been avoided by translating each cost into a percentage of average pay in the respective country: US rent 1000$ or 33% of average wage, CRO rent 375$ or 44% of average wage, etc.
Vedran Jurić Well, it’s her video, she can film in which ever order she decides fits best. What you’re suggesting is what makes most sense for you. Besides, the title says “costs of living” and “america vs croatia” and that’s exactly what she did (first), she compared them.
Just because you are free to do whatever you want, it does not make it right, or correct. I am sure that what I am suggesting makes most sense to a large majority of people, which is backed up by a number of people pointing the obvious flaw, which in turn called upon you, a champion defender of the video creator, to stand up for the helpless commenting that "Everyone shut up".
But, if you really want to be right on this one, yes, this is her video and she can do whatever she wants with it. Cheers.
Vedran Jurić oh come on just chill and enjoy the video.
moving to Germany or Ireland is fact
Love your videos! You and Dominik should make a comparison between American and Croatian school system, that would be really interesting
@@gogamontana8920 you forgot school shootings
Oh, that's on regular basis, nothing strange... @@enalev
@@N1te0wl141 Ne lupetaj, naš sustav je daleko kvalitetniji od njihovog. Rođak mi je tamo išao u srednju i faks. pa oni su tunguzija prema nama, ali ozbiljno - kaskaju po dvije godine za nama. A da ne govorimo da im je opće obrazovanje nula. Pojma oni nemaju o ničemu. što se tiče kretena, njih svugdje ima, ali ne dao ti Bog da vidiš što se sve događa po američkim školama... Pogotovo onima koje nisu privatne... Pakao, doslovno. Daleko smo mi od toga, hvala Bogu još uvijek jako daleko... Mnogi se tako zayebu, ne cijene i ne vole svoje pa onda gutaju tuđa govna jer misle budale da je sve tuđe bolje... Mi smo iskompleksiran i glup narod koji ne cijeni i ne voli svoju zemlju. I svi bježe ko zadnji šupci, umjesto da uzmu stvari u svoje ruke.
@N1te0wl141 Mi jesmo pametniji ljudi al naš sistem se bazira na glupim bodovima koje skupljaš četiri godine , pa kad me dođe neko iz nekog sela neke tamo jazbine prošo sa 5.0 sve razrede da će ić u mioc naježim se . Tu se mučim idem u tešku školu pa mi kažu da treba bit tak teško da dobim neko predznanje. Gluposti ... treba bit ko stara vremena kad su se davali ispiti prije srednje a ne ovo sranje jebeno .
@@svenkelek2179 Često su djeca sa sela pametnija od gradske, i to ti govorim kao gradsko dijete. A protekcija ima svugdje, i kod nas i u SADu, ne brini.
Kaileigh, while you included price of gas, you forgot to include something way more impactful: the price of getting the car itself. Cars in USA as way more cheaper than in Croatia.
True. I would also be interested in how customs works for imports there.
Yeah but car insurance is probably much lower in Croatia. We pay around 3000kn or €400 for road tax and insurance for lower kw car with let say 20% bonus or a few years of no claim. Insurance for the exact same car with 5 years of no claim in Ireland would cost you €1000 plus €400 for road tax. I imagine prices in the US are in the same range as those in Ireland
but the distances driven in usa are far more greater.
Health insurance is not free in Croatia, we are taken 16.5 % from gross salary, so that is about 1400 kn on average every month
How do you mean?
It really is free because your employer has to pay it for you. It is extra expens for employer, but currently it is its fee calculated on top of you gross income.
You should also do a video about diffrence in family realtionships in family in US and Cro its a big topic so good luck
thats a nice idea!
Kaleigh Hendershot - This Croatian Life yess do that
Im full of those lol develep more topics or you will end up doing same thing over and over there is so much topics sport, films, music. Good luck 😉
@@KaleighHendershot also I believe there are measures in Croatia that make it cheap to have kids. e.g you would have to pay insurance for kids whereas in Croatia it would be fully free.
Health insurance is not free in Croatia. If you're employed, your employer automatically deduces a percentage to pay for the general health insurance, along with taxes and pension fund. You can also choose to pay 70 kn per month for additional health insurance (which covers more medications and medical procedures).
If you compare your net salary (money you get after deducing everything) and your gross salary (money your employed needs to pay out), the net salary is ~55-60% of gross salary. A huge amount of money you earned goes to the government. That is one of the reasons salaries are small and entrepreneurs stay away from Croatia for the most part.
In Croatia, when we're given our paycheck, we receive net salary with everything deduced, while in USA they receive gross salary and pay their taxes and insurance separately (if I'm not mistaken), which is why certain things seem "free" in Croatia. They're not free, you just don't think about them here because it gets automatically taken care for you.
I live in Dubrovnik and everything is soo much more expensive especially during the summer
Mara kott pozz iz Čilipa 😉
A tek u HVARU, to moras tek vidit.
Mara kott , I satnica rada je puno veca u Dub.
@@bleki55555 gayba pive na hvaru u ducanu, 230 kuna, vidiya na svoje oči
To je tako treba i pivu dostaviti do Hvara i u Dubrovniku se nadje jeftino al se treba prošetati.Kava u Firenci 10€pa vidi....
In Croatia it is almost impossible to live alone if you work on a shitty minimum wage so most of our younger population still lives with their parents and they aren't in a relationship meaning the population is decreasing
They Live We See and you think it is possible in the usa?
@@alexhorvath9277 is it??
Good video, but 90$ for groceries per month?
Impossible! I do not know what you eat but 90$ is just not enough for 1 person unless you eat every other day or you are on some serious diet. 2 persons can not survive a whole month on 90$ for groceries, 2 persons for 90$ per month would be hungry most of the month.
You need to recalculate but nice try!
Nikola Sint 👍
Nikola Sint in usa they eat like that
Vjerovatno je mislila 90$ za jednu osobu.
90$ za jedan tjedan
She spends that much, but HE probably spends 250-300 dollars more haha
When American cames to Croatia is cheap for them ,but opposite when Croatian goes to America is damn expensive because of differences in salary
But hey, it goes the other way too. I have a friend who, due to his parents' job lived a few years in Macedonia and he felt the same way as Kaleigh did in Croatia. Everything is much cheaper but everyone else's salary is much smaller.
In Croatia you can more easily acquire organic food, ... some people grow food around there houses in garden or small agricultural field. Nature is more beautiful and clean. ... Unfortunately a lot of people can not find decent job, so they flee to Germany, Ireland or England.
Organic? You never know with what people are spraying their foods in their garden, you really can't tell if it's really organic or not
And that gardens around houses are usually on their septic pits.
You have houses in Slavonia where people empty their septic tanks in their back yards. Salad and other vegetables swimm in waste from these tanks
How else would you fertilize the ground. Better that then heavy phosphates. ;-)
Really? You think peope fertilize the land by pumping out sewer vaste directly on the filed? Manuer need to stay in a pit to get ripe before it can be used as a fertilizer.
I personally live in Croatia and it is a really bigggggg difference of the standard of life between Croatia and the US and our politics suck wayyyy more than the US. You didn't mention smartphones and other electronics are way more expensive than the US and the internet is way slower in Croatia. And i want to point out Lilith Enslaveds' comment "Health insurance in Croatia is taken out of your paycheck every month...depending on your paycheck. It's 15% of your paycheck each month... + you pay 'dopunsko' which is 70kn each month."
You know what is crazier...me sending a large If it fits, it ships priority mail box to Croatia 9 years ago was about 35.00, now the USPS wants about 80.00 for the same exact box! I'd love to ship my relatives goodies here and there, but when the shipping is twice as much as the goods I am shipping, it seems senseless.
I totally agree. The shipping rates usually far outweigh the cost of what you're sending.
Kako je dobro kad neko priča o tvojoj državi
May I add that quality multivitamins and supplements are more expensive in Croatia, so it is cheaper to order it from US online
Not true. Health Insurance I pay a lot more than $ 300 in America. and they immediately take it away from my sallary, used or not used.
If you compare with salaries in each country, Croatia is more, much more expensive to live, then U.S..
she did, at the end.
I wanted to write that Croatia is more expensive cause of low salaries but now I'm glad almost everyone else see it..
P.s. you ve got most of the costs right but food for 1 person is 90$???? No way!!! I spend more then 130$ a month for food and I get most of my veggies from my dads garden (free).
That also surprised me, i spend ~200$ and i never go to restaurants either, just basic fruit, veggies and some meat :/
Ma što je pogodila što vi ljudi pričate u nekim gradovima pogotovo u Dalmaciji su prosječne cijene stanova za rentane 1500kuna, dobro ljude jeli se vi drogirate?
@@faithless7985 koga smo ti ubili da se tako zestis? Popij normabel 😁 ja zivim u splitu cili zivot. U centru grada ne mozes nac garazu po cijeni od 1500kn/mj, a kamoli jednosoban stan. Prija mi je zivila u jednosobnom stanu na sucidru (daleko van centra) i placala ga je 1700kn. Eto, ti nadi jednosoban stan u centru za 1500kn i ja ti platim rucak
Meni sestra živi u dbku van centra grada, 30 minuta na noge, dvosoban stan 4milje odakle je ona ove brojke vadila sam ti bog zna
@@faithless7985 pogledaj video pa ce ti bit jasnije odakle joj brojke. Prvo tvrdis da je stan 1500kn za rentanje, a sad pricas o svojoj sestri van centra u dvosobnom stanu....??? Aaaa?? Meni nije jasno sta ti uopce mislis
You are so right! Loved your video!
Actual gas price is closer to 2$/liter. (10,55 KN = 1,9$)
Super insightful. Many thanks.
Thanks for mentioning the salaries cause all my friends say OMG so cheap to live there but don't realize we put NOTHING on the side and traveling abroad ruins us...
90$ for groceries for a month in Croatia is possible only if u eat Air,you need at least 300$ of groceries per month
Yup, i was just thinking i spend at least $10 a day on food. No chance i would survive on $90.
How then does most Croats survive with max 1000 kn (152 $) per month, because only so much remains us for the food?
One of the reasons your utilities are more is that the Seattle non-metro area is one of the cheapest electric and gas rates around. In fact the state is the 2nd cheapest almost cheaper than Montana. The residential rate is about 9.75 cents per KW outside seattle city limits (so the surrounding cities). The US average is 14 cents and Croatia is 15 cents. Natural gas is cheap and popular. Propane even in the US is about 3x more money. Also, much of the power comes from hydro which is cheap and some pretty large wind farms.
Awesome Video as allways..but man did it get sad at the end when you talked about Salary
dude if you are any good in anything you dont work for 5000kunas.... if you dont have highschool you can work for 5000kunas.... waiter, cleaner, any shitty job can get you from 4-5k kunas.... if you are high school with skill you can get 6-9000kunas.... if you are collage educated you can get 10-15,000kunas.... if you are master you can earn 20,000 easy... if you own your own business you can even go higher...20-30-50.000... Problem is that Croats came from communist country and they worship JOBS and thats why most of people enjoy working and are scared of starting own business....
elvis manhattan Here in Croatia people who finished high school, for example people who work at markets, get 3000kunas a month. Thats not enough.
@@elvismanhattan284 well yea but not really she is talking about a regular job in US not high end job with master deegre and lets be honest here people in Croatia dont make above 6-7 if they have legal job and if they are not working in politics
@@edoslamb sta pricas ja perem ventilacije za 6000 + 5100 extra kad sam na terenu... sa osnovnom skolom... kad sam konobario imao sam 6000placu i baksis 50-150kn dnevno.... kad sam namjestao namjestaj imao sam 35kn sat... 10sati dnevno 350kn x25dana... 8000kn... o cemu pricas? svi moji prijatelji sa fakultetima imaju place 15-20,000...neznam di ti zivis al tako je u ZG
@@elvismanhattan284 ako je tako blago vam se kazem za veliku vecinu nije tako
I've been going crazy the entire video over the fact that you did not consider the difference in salaries, but you calmed me down in the end. xD
150$ and 90$ a month on food? Good luck with that.
Unless your eating sandwiches only everyday
Yeah, family of two here, we spend about 100 $ a week for food and hygiene. And I cook every day, if not, it would be much more. Maybe she eats at her mother-in-laws and she grows stuff?
It's more like 300$ per month in USA (if you buy organic, which is something croatians are used to)..
Edit: that's for 2 people (a couple)
Яна 😂👍
@@watcher0754 my wife and I spend about $150 to $200 a week on food and hygiene here in the USA, and about $100 a week for both of us when we're in Croatia. I Wonder how you only spend $300 a month
Well $300 just on groceries (nothing else added to that), and not counting eating out 😅
Excellent comparisons. Nice job.
Although sidenote, 15:57 if you end up meeting Croatian fans of Attack on Titan then we won't confuse the pronunciation of Levi's jeans, heh
Croatia is great place to live... when you're working for US company and get paid in $$$.
Hi! You made a good point with the salaries in the end. It's
Oh i guess you didn't hear are prime minister and our Ms. president they say that the average pay in Croatia (Zagreb) is 7,500 kuna. And just to inform you price of oil in croatia is so big becose half of the cost gose to govermant taxes. and utilities are so big because most of the people work in companies that provide utilities and usually they have normal wages (about 7,500 kuna) but u have to be politically suitable to work in these companies. It is great that you realize that there's some problems here, but this is just a surface. Corruption of politician is huge here!!
That's the comment i was waiting for....svaka cast lipo si reka sve, pozdrav, zivia
Yup...agreed!!! 25% of everything we buy (including services) goes to government as a money that will be invested in infrastructure, hospitals, building, parks...etc. but also its invested in expensive cars, houses, travs of our politicians who dont even worh 8h a day but also gets about 3-5 times more salary then we average people do. And that salary is, again, from taxes that we pay every single day
And olso u didn't probably realize but ur paying every month 85 kuna for national television. I guess u didn't see that nowhere in America.
Hi Dario. Thanks for your comment - I do think it's important that these issues are talked about and I'm trying to find the balance between promoting the wonderful Croatia while exposing the reality... Thanks for your support and, you are right, corruption is a HUGE problem!
brutal truth or blazing lie?
well answer on that goes with level of intelligence
Also, a square meter for a house in Zagreb is about 10k, come to the sea and you can easily double that, a normal house first row to the sea is about 600-800.000€,
Price of Burek Usa vs Croatia?
mislis da ga tamo ima? hahahaha
Buu, koje vi predrasude imate :( www.riverfronttimes.com/foodblog/2015/04/03/antonios-bistro-and-market-a-new-bosnian-restaurant-in-southhampton
"From the menu, choose from dishes including pljeskavica ($6.95)"
Hocete Australiju? Nema problema, cevapi su AU$10.
Ima pogledaj klip moj ujak brijem da je u Phillyu Evropski ducan
In west Toronto there are a lot of burek places. $6 or 7 Canadian at most places !
@@aleksandarrasic3424 Dje ga nema, u jednom austrijskom gradu od neki 100.000 st. ima 6 cevabdzinica i 3 balkanske pekare, par diskoteka, kafica na svakom cosku, osjecam se ko kod kuce.
Well explained 😍👏
What do you work as in Croatia, if I may ask? Great video by the way, thanks for posting!
iz nekog razloga ne želi reći xD
Baš šteta... Onda su dakle i drugi već pitali?
@@iceandsnow5183 Rekla je u jednom videu nešto dosta kratko i onda kaže nećemo više o tome. A i to je valjda rekla na silu, jer svi živi pitaju.
A dobro, ako neće neće, ne može se nikoga prisiliti ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
sigurno ne konobari jer nebi bila tu haha
omg i’m croatian i love ur channel!❤️🇭🇷
90$ a month for food in Croatia? If you're a pug or somethin', yeah.
Alen Vidović yes if you buy a yogurt and one bread
@@alexhorvath9277 yup, for 2.9$ a day that's what you get.
what about education expenses in US?, such as student debt repayment, tuition fees etc? that changes the picture....
You forgot about tax and difference between month payment, please do part 2
watch the fucking video till the end...
DrSarac don't have to be rude
As a US disabled vet, if I have to move, I'll keep this in mind. Good information. Thanks.
Croatian living in Sweden here!
Great videos Kaleigh! Really fun, and really entertaining. Subscribed! :)
Going to the movies over here: 16 freaking dollars per ticket. How’s that for shocking :P
Unless you mean 16 kn
@@lorawho9331 I’m not 100% sure what you mean. I was talking about going to the movies in Sweden, not Croatia. And converting the price to dollars, it’s about 15-16$.
could you please advise where to look for places to rent in Croatia? what is the best website to use? thank you
There are couple of holes in the calculation, in USA all prices are displayed without sales tax, Croatian prices include tax.
Paycheks also, in US that 3k that you mentioned is before tax and 850 in Croatia is after tax
Gorazd Guszak Good point!
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Gorazd Guszak in usa minimum wage is 8$ 1280$ montly before tax
Actually, the $3000 is definitely after tax.
Dude im from Seattle! planning my move to Split right now.
I love how you said that the croatians live with families because they simply dont have enough money to rent or buy house/apartment. Turns out, that is one good thing about poverty. It forces you to stick together. Health insurance should be free everywhere, that is why people rather move to Canada than to the states.
Unfortunately, this is a realistic picture of life in Croatia. I'm 30, I'm not married, and like many of my friends I live with my parents in the apartment because my salary is not enough to go to live alone. With less than 4000kn(600USD) salary it is practically impossible.
@@krunobrzi666 Find a wife which makes the same amount and you 2 would be good ...
@@marcusmarulusspalatensis5972 I'm trying, but I still haven't found what I'm looking for.
Nothing is free my friend. Health insurance in Croatia is deducted from your salary, appr. 15-20%.
Don't get too sad, American millenial's are all moving back with their parents, it's impossible to have an apt. and go to university.
I have only one question? In which town or city in Croatia apartment in the center of town costs 2.400 kn? Because I would happily move and live in that city. These are live nonsense. I live in Croatia, and with 100% certainty I can say that nowhere in the center of town you can not find an apartment for 2.400 kn.
Sesvete??
Yey, evo novi video! Liked it before I watched it. 😉 Have a beautiful day! Pozdrav iz Njemačke 😘
aww you're amazing! thank you !!
@@KaleighHendershot ♥️
Im moving to hvar do you know any agency or a website I can search for apartment?
Groceries in CRO are 90 dollars per week, not per month. Ask Dominik if you do not believe the people here.
Hey there, just found your channel and I've got one question about your budget summary. Are groceries in Croatia so wonderfuly cheap or do you eat out so much?
16:01 lev-ees? lot of people? Now, everyone in Croatia calls them lev-ees :D :D but, the interesting part is that Levi Strauss was Jewish, and I think that the exact pronunciation of the term Levi in Hebrew is Lev-ee. Ok, I know that's something different, but maybe that's the reason why people pronounce them like that, and probably the main reason why is that Levi's jeans are present in Croatia a long before many have understood English at all ;)
So there's no rail pass, similar to the Eurail-pass(?), available in different increments?
Monthly salary difference is also the biggest factor why people in Croatia (young ones) stay longer in family house together with parents. While in USA they move out sooner.
It has its own pros and cons. Living in caring family is actually good. You dont alienate from parents. However living alone helps you become different person (maybe better, maybe worse).
Perhaps that could be the subject of your new video? Young people and their perspective (or if its case sensitive, not perspective but their habits). :)
Things have changed and 90% of the millennial are moving back home with their parents, they can't afford the cost of living on their own plus going to school.
...please... im 26 and cant even dream of moving out of my parents house and its extremely stressful and demeaning, i feel like i failed at life even though i have a degree and good job, but the money is just not nearly enough to get my own place and freedom... i hate it, i would rather live on my own and visit my familiy when i wanted to
@@steverothmans5908 I hear ya!..You failed at nothing and its not demeaning, look at it from a different perspective, and thank the lords parents are around to be able to share their living quarters with you.
I'am afraid we will never see the good old days that some were able to experience...
Things have changed and they will not get better, too many people that have no business are riding the gravy train, and someone has to pay for it...There was not as many toys once upon a time, and that helped students to live independently.
Tuition's were cheaper blah blah blah i can go on and on.
Things are always easier in two's, can you find a decent room-mate who will pull their weight, and share a living space with you.
Will mom still have you home for the occasional dinner..Factor all the pluses and minuses of living alone, will it be worth t?
Treat mom and dad to an occasional dinner out, they deserve it...Good luck dude!
You can't rent an apartment in the city center for 375 dollars (2500kn). Not in Zagreb. Further from the centre sure but rental in Zg, depending on the location, is muy caro. :)
Looks like that life sucks no matter where you live.
Life doesn't suck, it is hard no matter where you are and how much money you have but it is precious regardless.
Have you ever visited Split...
Sesvete is not "another town". Sesvete is part of Zagreb.
Are yuo google that or si iz Croatia
Great info thanks, I am seeing a small apartment seems to rent out in Zagreb for around 500 Euros, any advice on renting a room or is that not recommended?
you nailed it! o/
Thanks for the video,you are amazing as always😊😊
You forgot to include the cost of ammo for the US :P
5:55 not true completely. In Dalmatia it's electric heating.
90 $ for food ?! ....7 days or 1 month ??
There's no way even one person can live off 580 kn of food in 1 month. I think she made a mistake there. Maybe if you only eat kruh I grah 😀
All I do is make vegetable soups bread and dairy products-- is that expensive?
I didn’t hear you meantion if apartment furnished or unfurnished in your cost factor???
very very good comparison. But unfortunately I know many many peoples who earns almost twice less than avg. salary you mentioned here :(
In south-east slavonia, vast majority works on minimal wage
i know😔😔
Really good pronunciation. My wife loved her expat experience in Cro. We're thinking it would be a great place to retire. Have fun!
Why didn't you mention electronics? Phones, tablets, desktops etc...
Yes, She did when She talked about goods in general.
@@debelix Where exactly? I know she talked about Internet and mobile usage, but she didn't mention physical devices, I think you're mixing mobile usage and actual phones...
It would've been good to mention that actually! I might just have to do another video? haha
I think the cost of electronics are more less the same, but the paychecks ain’t so it’s kinda fucked up
@@KaleighHendershot For sure, next video can be about buying a car/house something relatively/very expensive, also mention loans/credits (especially college loans) and what interests they offer. Eagerly awaiting the new video...
Great video!
Yeah, I don't know how you get expenses down to 90$, really?
Is it because you're woman so you don't eat much?
I'd say it's closer to 150$ here as well. And that's really just basic home made food 😉
Mene i zenu ispadne 3000kn hrana...250dolara po osobi
@@elvismanhattan284 da, teoretski je moguće svesti na 1000 po osobi - ono, ako baš stisneš, sam pečeš kruh, ne jedeš meso svaki dan i sl. Volio bih vidjeti njezin menu... 🙂
@@DrDomich moguce je i sa 500prezivit... mozrs i sa 150... 30dana x 5kn za kruh i prezivis hahhh
@@elvismanhattan284 Pa šta vi jedete, teletinu i ribu svaki drugi dan?
@@elvismanhattan284 možeš se nutritivno hraniti za 1000 kn mjesečno po osobi. Samo to isključuje bilo kakve egzotične namirnice. Za cca. 585 kn kao što ona kaže - teško. Možda žene mogu, ne znam.
i was born in Canada. my parents immigrated here from Croatia. I am planning on visiting Croatia this summer. Would I be eligible to work and live in Croatia based on my parent's lineage? I'm getting sick of the cold and multiculturalism in the great white north.
You can easily attain citizenship through your parents, which entitles you to work. The tough part is finding a good paying job.
@@tadas3634 thanks for your reply ! Yes, I will look at my options and decide from there.
Milka Tesla just be prepared to hear people calling you an idiot for moving here from Canada, you’ll hear that a lot from these fucks
Yes- look into it online! Additionally, I would strongly recommend looking for something remote so that way you can make a good salary here. Cheers!
@Uncomfortable Aleks - I am from a city that is brutally cold (-50c) and very violent. trust me, it is not a land of milk and honey. Canada is very expensive, and wages are not that good. I can barely pay for rent and food. I will be retiring in 8 years, so I can take my pension and live in beautiful Croatia one day. In the meantime, I will come and visit and maybe try to obtain dual citizenship. I will also look into earning income online such as teaching english, etc.
A sad samo za hrvatske 'pacijente' ovdje, NAJBOLJI ŽIVOT je (i u ovakvoj) Hrvatskoj, a vi u Canadi (npr. Vancouver prošetajte sami malo iza ponoći downtownom, a govorimo o Canadi, ne o US, Toronto je još gori, a Montreal je semiOK), kad ostanete bez posla u Canadi bez problema se preselite u drugi grad, zašto, pa zato što je SVE ISTO MONOTONO i bezvezno. Za US isto, ako ne i gore vrijedi i tamo oni sigurni (njih 5%) lete privatnim avionima, svi ostali na zemlji su NESIGURNI. Znate zašto su u Hootersa (je li još postoje?) slatka krilca, ne zbog kvalitete piletine već zbog kvalitete 'prezentacije', ko i pivo (ako se ta splačina može tako i zvat) i tako vam je većina stvari, PREZENTACIJA je najbitnija.
Najbolji živiot uz HR, je u Mexicu (to znaju i ovi iz Canade i ovi iz US), sirotinja, a svi se smiju STALNO, opasno je, ali SVI se smiju i pjevaju, i čim pređete iz Texasa u Mexico,. kao iz tmurnog kišnog popodneva na jutarnje sunce. Onaj koji je ovo prošao zna o čemu govorim, a znaju i oni Sjeverno Amerikanci koji se preseljavaju u Mexico (a nisu kriminalci) ćim mogu. Za kvalitetu života jasno je da je vrlo bitno da ste siti i obučeni, ali vjerujte, ja bih osobno rađe bio polusit i polugol u npr. Omišu, nego sit i obučen u South Dallasu (ili za taj slučaj u bilo kojem drugom većem predgrađu).
Novac NIJE SVE, ali je izuzetno važan, međutim pitajte strance što najviše vole ovdje (pa i neka Kaleigh reče što je prvo zamijetila), to sigurno nije povezano sa novcem i bogastvom.
Našu Hrvatsku zagađuju pokvareni, lažljivi kvazipolitičari i neradnici koje nam je komunističko-socijalističko jednoumlje ostavilo u nasljeđe, ali i njima (koji kad kradu misle da kradu državi, a ne svima nama) doći će kraj,
Lijep pozdrav
Sve je potpuno tocno, potpisujem!
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I will be moving alone to Croatia on work permit with salary being 1000 dollars accommodation, transportation, medical will be covered by company. So is this salary decent enough to lead a nominal life style?
Levi's is same as Nike. Americans call it Nikees (read Najkis in Croatian xD), and the rest of the world calls it literally Nike (read Najk in Croatian) 😂
And you can buy local jeans for 100 kn(20$) who is better then Levi's or Wrangler
As a croat it feels like everything is expensive because the salaries are small so there is like an illusion of spending more money than you actually are.
That's true wages in Croatia are embarrassing 😕
Pretty accurate analysis !
You really have to be brave to live here instead of US..
get ready to be waiting for months in couple of years when you get old in hospitals,get ready that an usual people-arent really important,its all about the ministers and their families.
You should know that the 1.number one enemy is political party called HDZ,you also should know that people living with about 450-500 US dollars payment per month and about 100-200 pension payment after they retire,living here depends on what you doing for living,most of the people dont have money for basic stuff,but oh well if you found croatia as a good country to live in,best of luck.
I was just apartment hunting and here’s the 2020 update: a one bedroom in zagreb (central-ish) will cost you 500-700 euro a month, depending on condition and location
My personal experience living in Zagreb
Rent (1bedroom): $505
Utilities: $115
Internet: $45
Phone: $26
Gas: $135
Food: $540 (2 person)
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$1366
And that is for a low standard apartment in Zagreb. At the coast for that money you can live under the bridge.
Average salary in Zagreb (dec 2018) $1095 (after tax)
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Once again Zagreb is quite cheap comparing to Dubrovnik or Split.
I really dont know where did you find your numbers ...
Also you dont have to pay schools or universities in Croatia as they are free.
24 min video reading stuff from Numbeo. If you wanted to make a real comparation you should put more effort in all this ... not just effort in making your video 24 min long to read 7 prices ...
And what food do you buy for $90 per month? That is $3 per day ... 20k per day? 1l of yogurt and on bread??
i would say that if you go to cities by the sea Dubrovnik,Split,Hvar,Rovinj, Cres,Pag... its much more expensive
I went to kindergarden which was one of the best for 120$/month in Croatia. Some normal ones are 20-30$/month. Cheapest you acctualy can get for around 15$. Im's acctualy 12 years old now and it amazes me how thing are expensive in USA. But sallerys are here like 400-500$.
We acctualy consider these prizes here in Croatia really high because of money problems. Greatings from Križevci!
Minimalac je oko 400$
Normalna placa je izmedu 800 do 1200$
Stan kosta 300-350$ mjesecno i to dvosobni stan
Znaci ne pricaj o cemu neznas imas 12 godina
Hi sweetie! thank you for your input - it's so nice to hear from something your age! Things are more expensive in the US but, remember, the salaries are bigger, allowing anyone working to be able to afford those prices! Greetings to Križevci!
I was not able to write this when 12yo :) Are you sure you are 12? Any yes, I went to Vladimir Nazor. The cheapest are subsidized by the local government, everyone pays for it, even us with no kids. That is not really fair, don't you think?
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I smo ja i supruga vaše videe i smejali se ,radovali vašim objašnjenjima jer smo mi iz Jugoslavije ( Ilirije) svi isti...! Čekam kada ćete spomenuti ikupiranu Srpsku Krajinu sobzirom da dolazite iz slobodarske Amerike (usa) pozdrav i bez uvrede - volimo vas!
So basically we're a shithole, not that I didn't know that before. Adjusted for salaries, the cost of living in Croatia is very high. Most families spend the majority of income on food and utilities, and very little is left for everything else. Food in particular is very expensive in Croatia: while eating out is cheaper than in US and most Western countries, you can actually find cheaper food in supermarket in Germany for example, than the one in Croatia, which is ridiculous. As you mentioned yourself, if everyone actually paid all of the costs on an average salary, we'd be in debt, which is why an average Croatian citizen is cutting costs whenever possible, including taking public transportation, chasing discounts, and yes living with parents. Great video though, your best one yet. Informative and fun. Hopefully we'll see more of that in the future.
There is a reason why food in Germany is very cheap. When you buy cheap food here you can be sure it's literally shit here.
thank you so much! yes, you are right, people are trying to cut costs wherever they can and it is simply near impossible to cover all the costs by yourself. I'm glad I was finally able to get this video out too, i'm glad that you enjoyed 😘
You spend only 90$ on the food per month? How? Or I didn't understand something....For entire month, my husband and I are spending about 450$ and we don't buy that much food or eat out much.
Moze jedan video o tome s kim tvoja USA ,NIJE RATOVALA I AKO NIJE ZASTO ?
@@MegaMarlboro666 njeni klipovi su mi sasvimok i dobro se nasmijem ,,,,,pitanje bilo cisto onako usput da vidim jel moze dati kakav odgovor ,,,,nije bilo losih namjera ,,,,
@@MegaMarlboro666 Ako sa nekim nije ratovala, onda je to zato što nema nafte. Ali naravno da će svaki Amerikanac ignorirati takva pitanja, i praviti se da ne razumije o čemu pričaš.
@@MegaMarlboro666 hvala za dokumentarac ,zanimljivo ubijenih sat vremena ,,,,,,totalno sam zaboravio kako je u SAD-u😀
Thank you for info ❤👍
80% in Croatia hard work for 3500 kn ....500$ yes you need 800$ per month yes, 80% pople in Croatia not hapy
Everything in Croatia should be cheaper for the citizens than it is for tourists.
Man after reading all these comments I am starting to doubt my dream to retire in Croatia. Well at least I will still visit as soon as this Damn Plague ends I hope everyone stays safe and hopefully a better year in 2021...Cross Your Fingers..
Thank u for all the information!!
One question... is to hard to work in Croatia if you don’t speak their language? Thanks
Well
You have no idea how taxis work in Croatia.
Preschool in my city is 600kn and for 2nd kid is 50% off. Sp for 900kn can have two kids go.