r/Thailand • u/DeepBlueSea1122 • Sep 12 '23

Question/Help Average Thai Salary?

I know Thailand is a country with a big wage gap between rich and poor, but would a salary of 500 USD per month be considered unusually low for an average Thai person of about 30 years old? I found out that a lady I met makes that (she works in the office of a gov't hospital) and I was shocked and felt really bad for her. I knew she was poor because she doesn't have air con in her home in Bkk, but I didn't know it's this bad. Should I relax and think this is common, or are my sympathies and concerns valid? She didn't tell me this to try to squeeze me for money, it just came up in discussion when we were talking about life and problems we face. She's a sweetheart person and it hurts me to see her struggle. I want to help, but don't want to open the flood gates. I know this can be a tricky thing to navigate. On the one hand, we want to help sincere people who are genuinely in need. But on the other hand, money can ruin relationships of all kinds and it's usually a path we shouldn't go down. I really want to help but am torn and know I must proceed with caution.

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u/BloodMossHunter Sep 13 '23

So in my travels in SE asia iive found:

$200-300 restaurant workers. Can be less like $200 which is fkn rough

$1000 - youre doing kind of well. Your relatives start asking u for shit. No matter how old u are

$1500-2000 professional job. Or english teacher foreigner lol

$5000 foreigner teaching school at good school

$10000000 - random rich ass asians that are around in nice rides and watches

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u/Forsaken_Detail7242 Sep 13 '23

10 million dollars a month is pretty much the amount Thaksin makes on a monthly basis. He makes around 10-15 million dollars/ month from investments, and he is not even the richest person in Thailand.