cost of living comparison

If you have travelled a bit, you will have made the difference that when you visit foreign countries, you might sometimes be surprised by how cheap everything is.

That’s when you feel the difference of cost of living from a foreign country.

Want an illustration?

Data entry job for students in Germany: 10 €/hour

Data entry job over oDesk in India: 1$/hour

When we interviewed different candidates for outsourcing case studies, we also included a questionnaire about how much living cost in the different countries.

You will find our results of this research of different cost of living by state below on this page. What I want to emphasize is that the process of outsourcing is naturally caused by these differences of income.

If you want to find out how much income levels differ in different states, then you can make use of a cost of living comparison calculator.

It doesn’t make outsourcing bad. Only if you adapt the money you invest into a foreign currency, and still are a cheap rip-off then there is nothing ethical in your business attitude.

If you are living in a country in Europe or America, chances are that your income levels are much higher than in so-called underdeveloped countries like India, China or even the Philippines.

Be smart and make use of the talented people there – you can then easily create a win-win situation.

1. Create a job for someone who needs a job.
2. Get quality work done for a fraction of the price you would pay in your own country.
3. If you do it right, you don’t have to feel bad about it because you have the possibility to do much good even above borders of your country.

I put up this page here on my website to illustrate how different the world can be, how much difference there can be in the cost of a burger.

There are countries where feeding a whole family for $300 a month is not only a possibility, but reality.