Matkirk, No offense; just out of curiosity. Did you review the info on the page your Blue Tulum link leads to? Being a non-native speaker, I'm sure my English writting skills are far from being the best. However, I found at least 10 writting/typing mistakes in that webpage. I wonder how much I'd make if I were to correct them. :lol:
Blue Tulum uses Best Day/e-travelsolution right? They have so many errors in their listings that it's not funny. They need to have every page of info reviewed by a native English speaker.
I have to agree that some of the numbers being throw around in this tread seem quite generous by Cancun standards. All but the most spoiled Mexican's that I know here would consider $10,000+ pesos a month to be an excellent paycheck.
No not yet - so much other work to do :roll: If you'd like to apply for a job they are hiring though, they are always looking for people with good writing skills in both languages. PM me if you are interested.
:italyflag::italyflag:O.K. so let me ask this way, What is the minimum wage in Cancun? I understand that there is no hourly pay, but there is a minimum wage. We are trying to figure out what we can expect to be paid working at the Marriott or the Ritz, as we will be a transfer from state. We are trying to figure if we could live comfortable like here in the states. I presently make anywhere from 650 to 850 a week as a bartender at Marriott. My partner is a assistant manager at a local spa and makes about 700 a week. Any insight would be great and appreciated. We are trying to figure what to base our lower income there on.
Hmmm, the minimum wage? You'll probably wish you hadn't asked. It's 55 pesos a day, so about $4.50 USD Salarios Mínimos - 2010 - Servicio de Administración Tributaria, México Revisión 2.0.2
you are right, wish I had not asked. Though from what I have seen on the boards is to expect something around 1,000 to 1,500. Which is still low for us. Can not get the ideal out of my head, moving to Cancun. And I do not even like the beach, LOL,.
Only a small percentage of foreigners are earning, here, what you're earning in the states, and it costs about the same to live here as there, if you try to observe the exact equivalent lifestyle. Highest pay I've heard of, among those I know personally (who are willing to talk about it) is 45,000 pesos/month. Most are getting by on half that, or less. Jim's figure, of 1,000-1,500 USD equivalent, sounds about right to me, if we're talking about what a majority of foreigners are earning.
From my knowledge, normal office jobs pay anything from 6,000 pesos a month up to maybe 20,000 a month. The job you describe would probably pay on the higher side of that, between 12,000 and 20,000, depending on the skills of the employee.
As I've said before most Mexicans I know here are earning between 6,000 and 12,000 pesos a month. Business owners and specialists (Doctors, lawyers, professors, etc) make up those I know who surpass that amount. For foreigners that don't have their own business, and ignoring the extremely restrictive work laws, I'd say they average less than 1,000usd monthly from earnings working locally. I've known some timeshare people who have boasted of 30,000usd months, but those are the rare exception, and my understanding is many, many, many people who try timeshare leave having earned very little if anything. The best thing to do is find a company in the US that can relocate you here and pay you a US salary for your work here.. those sorts of jobs are very rare, but I do know a lucky few who have managed to arrange just that. It can be done, but if it were easy everyone would be living here... :biggrinbandit:
