Originally Posted by
AAL24
That individual wasn’t very good with numbers or forgot about the IRS. Maybe he/she was just comparing basic salary. Including all allowances a captain at EK makes about 19k/month or 230k/year after tax. If they took the villa option you would have to reduce that by about 40k but would then have free housing. I’m guessing you would need to make 300k in the states to end up with 230k after taxes. I don’t work for delta but I would be imprsssed if you can make that on year 2 salary.
Cooking the numbers well I see!!!
Check the vat tax and cost of living at Dubai
EK 9 year captain 14k per month tax free however he pays Uncle Sam around 12 k every year on taxes as an Expat, with free housing is what my buddy just told me. He has 350k on his provident fund.