I’m a Thai actor. I can’t speak for all actors, but I get paid ~250k baht per episode for a lakorn (TV drama). A typical lakorn has ~15 episodes. I usually do 1 per year. Add to that the salary I get from the TV network to stay with them.
I’m a Thai actor. I can’t speak for all actors, but I get paid ~250k baht per episode for a lakorn (TV drama). A typical lakorn has ~15 episodes. I usually do 1 per year. Add to that the salary I get from the TV network to stay with them.
That’s, what, $107k/y? That’s a good, solid middle-class income in the US, unless you live in an expensive area. E.g., it’s a great salary if you live in Manhattan, Kansas; it’s not a lot if you live in Manhattan, New York. What’s the cost of living where you live?
I’d go by the price of eggs, but they’re outrageously expensive under our current regime.
https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/in/Bangkok Here’s a general overview.
43% less expensive than where I live yet milk costs the same as here 🤔
Milk prices vary widely. The Midwest has a lot of cows. Milk is pretty cheap in most places, although Big Dairy flattens that out a lot. I’d expect milk to be very expensive in Japan, which isn’t conducive to dairy farming.
I only just now realized that, when doing cost of living comparisons, you really have to consider lifestyle. For example, my wife has a dairy allergy, so I’m the only person in the house who consumes any dairy. If you don’t eat gluten, bread prices are irrelevant, and you really should factor those out in the cost of living index.
Maybe it all averages out, in the end. “Housing”, “food”, “gas” - whatever indexes they use, they’re just aggregates.
Could be subsidies in your country. Could be geography of Thailand. When I was there it didn’t strike as the kind of land with expansive dairy ranches. As an example, New Zealand produces almost 20x as much dairy as Thailand.
It’s still a government, give it a couple of years.
Good point.