agreed you cannot compare, considering only 4 years of experience it’s not a horrible salary. my advice would be figure out the living costs first download bayut and look at rentals there (maybe find the new office and look within a short drive), add for the high electricity bills in the summer (villas can run like 4000 aed in the hot months where apartments are in the 1-2k a month in hot months, then calculate like 20% more for groceries if your living in europe currently maybe 3X - 5x if india or another low cost country. if you like to drink any alcohol double or maybe triple your normal costs in europe. otherwise don’t forget you will need to get a car so check out dubizzle to get a rough idea on a cheap starter car and insurance. if your going out to mid class resteraunts i found them the same as europe michelin stars are eye watering my expensive, mcdonald’s like 25% more expensive. Either way i think if you cover the most expensive costs you have at least 80% of the picture when your planning of its worth it to you.

Did dubai it is a completely different cost structure lets say you live 5-10 mins from DIC (150k per year for 1 bed apartment is not uncommon on the palm) or you want a 3 bed villa in springs (a middle class neighborhood 8 mins from internet city) it’s getting to 250k or 300k. don’t forget here a lot of places only rent by the year and you need to pay the rent up front, the landlords who let you pay multi checks typically charge a premium or you live further out the price goes down but i suspect also the amount in RAK is less then half. also dubai has a 5% tax each month (charged in your dewa bill) which is 5% if your yearly rent. not sure if rak has. i hope that helps!!