Super informative and entertaining video! I really like the editing in this one. Great to have the personal story of the gas bill in Sicily, along with showing prices of phone plans, it gives a good, broad sense overall of the cost of living. Rent has gotten crazy over there though!

Italian salaries are typically referred to by the net after taxes. While taxes are high, there are more social services with healthcare being the biggest.

Don't forget that if you are hospitalized to be treated or have to undergo an operation, you don't spend anything and you don't have to commit the house.

Good stuff as always

Living in Italy it’s been very difficult for many years now. Worse and worse year by year. People and family are struggling to make payments and find a good job.

Very helpful

Great info!!!!

David you must say that in the avarage of 1500 Euros is what you get having all of the taxes already payed and most important the Universal Helthcare is included so you don't have to worry about not being able to go to the doctor! And this apply for you all over the EU so if you're on vacation, let's say in Germany... you are covered because you're a EU citizen... in the US you make more money but how much would you spend for the Healthcare Insurrance alone... I mean one that covers you exactly as we are covered here in Italy with NO CO-PAY so that if you are sick you just go to the doctor or go to the hospital or call an ambulance (20 Euros extra) and you are fully covered? That's something to take into account when you talk about how much money you really have in your hands after the taxes and Healthcare insurance...

I agree with you, David, and with others here. The US is difficult as salaries rarely go up anymore, but the costs keep going up and up. Car insurance & house insurance are also one of the highest in the country. State employees in our state have not received a raise in a few years. We are Italian/Greek & family values are important to us, definitely more important than material things like fancy cars & expensive phones. We are planning a trip to see how life is there.

Great to see you. Hope all is well.

National average NET salary is over 1600 euros per month and it includes health insurance with no co-pay. Comparing to US, you should also point out that any job gets, from day 1: around 4 weeks of payed holidays a year, payed sick leave, a few hours a month of payed "permission" (you can be out of work and be payed to do your own business), payed parental leave, pension credits, "tfr credits". TFR is money that your employer have to give you when you stop working for him and it's about one month of pay per year worked.

Living inthe German speaking Italian region Alto Adige. The monthly costs without any luxury are 3000 € !

Hi David, grazie! I am so exited, my flight to Rome is on the 16. I wish I could spend enought time in Rome to visit with you but I am traveling with 3 chihuahuas and need to get to my place in Scalea "a presto!". I will keep in touch once I settle there.

Yes.

Very interesting indeed...seems the cell phone bills can offset some off the higher utility bills. Here in the SW of the US, I have solar panels and they cover my electric bills...cable TV, internet, 'landline" is about $200 a month, utilities (cooking/hot water heater gas, garbage, water) about $75 average, but a bit higher in winter. Car insurance, house insurance...well, it all adds up!

Italians get more vacation time than Americans. I’m in Florida. It’s getting expensive like California. I’m retired and can’t afford to stay here.

Sempre belli i tuoi video. Dovresti avere almeno 100000 iscritti. Non mollare 😉💪

Italian salary is a different case. Most of the jobs get 14 salaries per year and a TFR, lunch coupons, additional insurances and discounts that make the job more attractive for applicants. I have to say everything is based in Italy on your ISEE, for example university fees, so if you are poor you can anyway afford it. Many taxes are optional like the one on the house, and make the people afford more with less salary. Unfortunately younger generations have it difficult though, but it's a general perception in many countries.

In Rome, I think every carrier should have 5G coverage by now. I'm not sure about smaller cities though. I remember traveling in a small town in Calabria and I had 3 SIM cards, none of them worked. The locals told me that there was only one carrier which had coverage there. Then I found out each carrier has a webpage that lets you select a location and tells you if they have coverage there or not. Kinda convenient to check it out first I guess.

I'm an artist and admire how much Europeans support their artists.

3:55 you correct yourself about versatile but, in fact, an obsolete meaning of it is "changeable" or "inconstant". So, you were right, more or less.

My husband and I are moving from super expensive California, to Italy because we cannot afford to retire here in the US. We are self employed, and between the high costs of living, inflation, and medical, well, you get the idea!

Hey man this is another incredibly informative and entertaining video. My family and I are official coming April 2023, got the tickets! I’ve got a million questions about renting an apartment. Are websites the best place to find an apartment? Or is it better to get to know people and find a word of mouth place? How do I know I’m not getting ripped off? What questions should I ask a landlord? Anyways, thanks for your videos, and it would be an actual dream to meet you when we pass through Rome. Cheers!

Pretty much like Puerto Rico, except the coffee, it seems that in Italy is more cheap

honestly both my parents are (actually my dad just got retired) statal average workers, no big curriculum needed, and took 1700-1800 here in Florence, but probably after many years of career. So i think that 1500 is a starting point when you start a new job but with time the salary should increase, step by step, at least for statal workers it is this way, i suppose even for private ones. Also you should mention that in many jobs you get a 13th and even a 14th salary per year, outside other benefits like lunch coupons, so you spend less for food.

You did not mention that salaries are quoted NET not GROSS like in the US and Britain. Let's look at Mr. Average-Italiano - they are paid for 13 or even 14 monthly payments per year - a double salary paid in July and December. In addition, Italians with regular contracts receive a total of 26 days of "paid vacation" that is the equivalent in the US of 5 weeks of paid holidays plus all of the national holidays of which there are 12 from Jan 1 New Year's Day, January 6 Epifany, Easter Sunday and Monday, April 25 (Liberation Day), May 1 (Labour Day), June 2 (republic Day, August 15 (Annunciation), November 1 (All Saints), December 8 (Immaculata), December 25 and 26 (Xmas and S. Stefano), next no outlays for healthcare - souse and children are covered whether or not they work, additional payments only due if salary is higher - not on the low ones 1500 etc that you mentioned. So no outlays for insurance or copays or deductable, higher education is very low cost with most university fees being under 1000 Euros a year and for families making 1500 the fees are probably waived. Moving on, this salary also means one is paying in to the national pension program as well which is not the same thing a social security. So there is a lot more there than what it seems.

Very informative and shocking to see how much the cost of gas has risen.

I don't know, David...Italy must be pretty expensive because I see you couldn't afford a NY Yankees shirt; you had to go for something less desirable to save some soldi... ;) - you have a new subscriber as of today!

Your video is very accurate. Scusa se scrivo in italiano, ma faccio prima, dovrebbe comunque apparire il pulsante "traduci" e non essere un problema. In italia abbiamo molte piccole e medie imprese che investono poco in automazione e che sono male organizzate. Questo si traduce in bassa produttività e bassi stipendi a parità di ore lavorate. Io stesso ho lavorato in una ditta che usava macchine di 50 anni fa. Che produttività gli puoi chiedere? Inoltre c'è un problema culturale: si crede che i dipendenti siano un costo da abbattere invece che una risorsa. Per questo si cerca di abbassare gli stipendi anche affidandosi a personale straniero o dando in subappalto i lavori. O anche evitando sicurezza e manutenzione. Questo si traduce in un mondo del lavoro un po' pazzo. Ecco perché molti ti chiedono "perché dagli usa sei venuto in Italia?".

I can't remember where I heard it. Might have even been one of your videos. But for an American retiree to get an Italian retirement visa, they are required to show 3000 euro a month of retirement income. If that's true, then based on what you just said, those individuals would be wealthy in comparison to an average Italian.

David hi from fellow YOutuber, it would be nice if say at 3:00 when you say the name of website, if you put it on screen, all ot make things easy for your viewers. I couldn't catch the name of the website you said.

Salaries are very low compared to Australia. There is no minimum wage either. Of course cost of living is generally lower but not sure it balances out because of the low wages there.

I have 2 cell phones on 1 package in NL, Canada, unlimited calling and 50 gigs. I pay 200.00 a month for the packege not including buying the phones, 8 euros is sooooooo cheap.

Buona sera Davide! I will soon be looking to move to Sicily from Florence. In general I know that the cost of living in Sicily is less than Florence. I have disability benefits from the US because of a spinal cord injury that total roughly $2,000 per month. Plus I have a small nest egg of about $15,000. I know that this is enough to live comfortably in Sicily. However, this does not seem to be enough to qualify for an Elective Residency visa? Any ideas on how to overcome this situation in order to live in Italy full time. I'd rather not be doing that whole 3 months in Italy then 3 months outside Schengen rotation kinda thing. Any advice would be very appreciated. Side note, the exchange rate right now for an American is excellent compared to what it was in October of 2021 when I arrived. So I am certainly saving A LOT of money on that right now. Ok, grazie! Paul in Firenze

Everything good is expensive. It can't be any other way 🎉

David... come on, how can you show the general cost for the gas in Sicily as an example where you have the outside temperature at an avarage of 14°C throughout the winter... come up here to the north, where heating is running 24/7 from December to February... with the OLD gas price of ONLY 16cent per cubic meter of gas + taxes ecc ecc (of course) and in one month you would be lucky if you spend from 400 to 700 Euros for the avarage 100square meter apartment... 🙈🙈🙈🙈 I cannot imagine how the average family will be able to warm up the house the next winter with the gas nowadays price at an avarage of about 1.2euros per cubic meter of gas + taxes ecc ecc just as before... there will be people who's monthly income will not cover the gas bill alone... 😱😱😱😱 Sicily and the northern Italy are the opposite and the extremes on this topic... If I could have a 200 euro only gas bill up here in winter time I think I would have a party to celebrate the event!!!! People from Sicily stop complaining... you "lucky Ducks"!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣 anyway nice to see you back on another video! Cheers Seb

From the recent videos I’ve seen yes it is expensive…. But, where is it cheap anymore anyways… no more cheap safe havens for retirees… 😢

Compare immigration income of $3600 year to actual costs and really high entry to live Italy. Being many many ghost towns needing people think they would make it more fair, especially if you bought a house

What’s the name of the rental website please?

Italy is a bureaucratic nightmare. Any issue and you are forced to pay lawyer because the law does not allow you representing yourself....

I pay 5,49 for my cellphone and I have 1000 minutes for calls and 10 GB for internet (which I never use cause I'm always on wi-fi) You went a bit too high when talking about how much you could get a month. 1.100 to 1.500 euro is if you have an "old" contract, nowadays they tend to pay under 1.000 euros to a young person looking for work and it's always for a limited time (tempo determinato). I'm lucky that my husband has an "old" contract so he has a better salary that most young people do. It's really sad. Utilities now are a really sad topic, I hope we'll soon leave this sad time behind.

Didn't know that Kyle Van Noy lived in Italy

50 years ago it was 4 bilion people now over 8 bilion. Lets see the prices when 10 or 12 bilion. Allover the world its expensive... but you can set yourself free of slavery.

how can i open a bank account as a non resident? is it possible? grazie mille

So your monthly salary is all gone on the house rent, electricity bill,fuel and food. How do people save ?

I left Italy in 2005 making about 1,300 euros per month having a decent job. I have been living in America for the past 16 years now and I can’t believe salaries are still so low over there. Plus talking to my family and friends that live in the northwest side of Italy the Covid thing made it even worse. Not sure if when I retire I’ll go back home but I really do miss the lifestyle.

What about income taxes? How high are they?

Is $450 a month even worth looking for in late 2023?

Wow, so little salary. How do the Italians make ends meet?

All salaries really that low

Is weed legal there?

Better come and freeze in Germoney. You can apply for Bürgergeld paying for your housing, healthcare, your energy, your water, food and cultural participation = drinking and smoking up to 3.200 Euro per month for a family of 4.

Are they pet friendly or its hell to find a place

Dude you kinda breezed over the most important expense, which is housing. whenever I look to maximize "geographic arbitrage". the ONLY expense I look as is rent. Rent is your biggest ongoing expense, and other expenses such as cell phone etc are meager in comparison and almost always align with that rent benchmark.

What's the average salary of a lawyer in Italy?

is it difficult for an American citizen to find a job in Italy?

Italy don’t have minimum wage so an employer can decide to pay you less than €700 or more this is very bad

Your video is completely off and gives a completely distorted view of Italy making it seem a 3rd world country! Here are the stats: Italians are the richest in Europe in savings and one of the highest in home ownership, have 4X less debt per household than the Dutch, 8th in the world in household net worth, 4th in Europe, 7th in the world in National Wealth, 3rd in total NET contributions to the EU among many others. Italy: #10 ...in Ultra High Net Worth Individuals Above USD $50M.. #7...just below India that has 25X the pop. Number of Millionaires by country: #7... In REAL wage growth, not skewered by exchange rates...between 2017 & 2018 in increased millionaires... #1 Gold reserves... #3 (from official eu statistics):industrial production by country Germany recorded the highest value of sold production, equivalent to 29 % of the EU total, followed by Italy (18 %), France (12 %), Spain (9 %), Poland (5 %) and the Netherlands (3%). The other 21 EU Member States contributed with smaller shares (up to 3 %).14 lug 2021 Italy depends on German money? NET CONTRIBUTOR to the EU budget since DECADES and each years gives 14 bn euro to the EU budget, receiving far less. This money go to Poland, Hungary, Spain and rd NET other poor countries in EU. Italy has a private wealth that is up to 11 trillions dollars, so even if she "goes bankrupt" for her debt (which is 166% of the GDP although most in Italian hands, Japan has 270% debt and America also over 130% and ALL THESE COUNTRIES ARE TOO BIG TO FAIL, Italians have the money TO BUY ALL THE DEBT! The regions (and autonomous provinces) of northern Italy have the following GDP per capita (2019): Alto Adige/Südtirol 48.1k, Lombardy 39.7k, Trentino 38.8k, Aosta Valley 38.8k, Emilia-Romagna 36.7k, Veneto 33.7k, Liguria 32.3k, Friuli-Venezia Giulia 31.9k, Piedmont 31.7k. Comparable with the GDP per capita (2019) of: Saxony 31.4k, Schleswig-Holstein 33.7k, Rhineland-Palatinate 35.4k, Saarland 36.6k, Lower Saxony 38.4k, North Rhine-Westphalia 39.6k, Berlin 41.9k, Hesse 46.9k. Better than Saxony (31k), Thuringia (29k), Brandenburg (29k), Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (29k), Saxony-Anhalt (28.8k). Worse than Baden-Württemberg (47.3k), Bavaria (48.3k), Bremen (49.2k), Hamburg (66.8k). According to the German institute Stiftung Markwirtschaft, in 2018, the aggregate explicit debt + implicit debt of Italy is 122%, lower than the German one at 170%.

Thank you David. Great information. Here are some comparisons that I can share. - single man paying for good medical insurance $ 400 - $600 per month - one persons grocery bill nearly doubled from last year - Open southern border for illegal aliens seeking refuge only to receive free cell phones to “track” them when they arrive, free lodging, health care and education on the dime of the American tax payer. My cell phone bill is cheap compared to other here that pay $200 to $600 per month. There is no bed of roses no place. It is what we make of it. As I see it there is a certain order and a level of respect in italy where here in the US they are losing control and order.

It's probably too soon to tell, but how is the new, Right-wing, government?

It's going to get VERY VERY expensive very soon. Italy has THE LOWEST salaries on average in Italy as it has no legislation on minimum wage. Be warned. Do your homework and inform yourselves.

I think maybe the economy is less than the US and the way of life there is where you don’t need as much so the cost of living is less. The government isn’t one that is super wealthy like the US which is another reason. And personally, I don’t think there is as much greed there as there is here in the US. All those factors come into play, I believe. Can’t wait to move there. So looking forward to it!

You speak English them you need to tel us a US money , thank you .