I am an IT engineer.
I live with 2 roomates in the suburbs, my rent is 565 we have 100m, we get
1400 per year of "living tax" (which we split in 3), so that is 603 of rent.
Add :
70 for transportation per month (you get a monthly pass for all the 'ile de
france');20 for your phone provider per month,;20 for your internet provider per month,;
30 for the electricity per month;20 of insurance for my room (mandatory)
I earn 39k "raw" per year that is 2400 net per month, you still need to pay taxes on it, around 300 /month.
2400- 603 - 70 - 20 - 20 - 30 - 20 - 300
So I'm left with 1337 to eat, go out, buy clothes per month.
restaurant in paris : expect 30 (around 15-20 a meal, 4 a drink)
Going out to a bar : expect 30-40 (8-9 a pint/cocktail, 3-5 a shot)
This is pretty good.Living in the center of paris requires a far more higher salary than that.