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Figure cost of living to be higher than Philadelphia where you are posting from - but less than Manhatten. Wages will be significantly lower than Philadelphia - probably comparable to somewhere like St. Louis (assuming you get a job). Your other questions are to general to give a decent answer.
Hawaii minimum wage is $7.25 - so you should budget for that.
That is also the minimum wage here, but I make $10 an hour. My SF makes $11. We both have degrees.
Also, we're both young, but budget conscious and looking for a large studio or one bedroom. We live in Philly so we don't mind a little grit, but we don't want to be in a horrible area either. What would that cost a month and what is the best way to find jobs/apartments?
I'm sure there are other posts similar to this, but I didn't see any.
Aloha, and welcome.
If you use the Search functions, you can pull up lots of material from the archive here on whatever topic you like. This isn't exactly our first luaua, and none of these are new questions ...
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I'm a 21 year old culinary professional looking to move with my significant other (also in culinary) to Hawaii next year.
Have you ever visited Hawai'i? If not, actually living in Hawai'i is far different from the tourist brochures. If you have, actually living in Hawai'i is far different from the tourist experience.
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Looking for an accurate cost of living in Oahu (honolulu most likely) or any where else that has a good food scene (i.e. I could find a job).
There are lots of Cost of Living calculators on the internet. This one is pretty good.
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What it doesn't tell you, unfortunately, is that the 15% or 30% or 50% higher salary you'll need to enjoy the same standard of living you have on the mainland is almost impossible to find in the islands. As a matter of fact, most people find that their costs go up and their pay goes down when they move to Hawai'i, so the effective cost of living is even higher than expected.
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I'm literally working with little to no info here as finding information about LIVING in hawaii (as opposed to visiting) is hard.
Also, we're both young, but budget conscious and looking for a large studio or one bedroom. We live in Philly so we don't mind a little grit, but we don't want to be in a horrible area either. What would that cost a month and what is the best way to find jobs/apartments?
Use craigslist to search apartments. Being 21 - you won't find jobs in the food industry remotely - you'll need to be on island. Figure $2,000/month for an apartment. Best thing to do is only one of you move - see if you can find a job - and if you do the other person comes out - and if you don't - then only one needs to move back.
I'm going have to disagree. Professional chefs get paid nicely here. There are so many hotels on Oahu and so many fine dining restaurants. I think you will get a better than average pay here if you are a professional chef. Go hang out at Side Street Inn off Keeamoku. That is where all the top island chefs congregate when they want to eat good local food.
I'm going have to disagree. Professional chefs get paid nicely here. There are so many hotels on Oahu and so many fine dining restaurants. I think you will get a better than average pay here if you are a professional chef. Go hang out at Side Street Inn off Keeamoku. That is where all the top island chefs congregate when they want to eat good local food.
Good luck!
You've been watching to many No Reservations episodes - Despite Anthony Bourdain's episode on Side Street Cafe they aren't exactly packed - I recommend it - they generously give first drink free at the bar, My wife works at Homestreet Bank and the lending office is across the street. (well alley).
Wow, are you serious? Side Street Inn is constantly packed and their sister restaurant in Kaimuki you can wait over an hour. The food is good and that is all that matters. I also once dated a chef for one of the Waikiki hotels and they DO get paid really well. Anyway, it depends on the chef's experience.
I'm a 21 year old culinary professional looking to move with my significant other (also in culinary) to Hawaii next year.
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We both have degrees?
Which type of degree, and in what? And how much work experience (paid positions) in the culinary field? Narrowing it down might help us be more specific in our answers.
Wow, are you serious? Side Street Inn is constantly packed and their sister restaurant in Kaimuki you can wait over an hour. The food is good and that is all that matters. I also once dated a chef for one of the Waikiki hotels and they DO get paid really well. Anyway, it depends on the chef's experience.
Yeah, depends on the place, depends on the chef's experience. Just out of curiosity I checked a culinary professional job site, and it listed the starting salary range for Executive Chef positions, the top job in the kitchen, as starting at $27,999 in Honolulu.
Considering the difference in cost of living with the mainland using a good COL calculator, that $28K starting salary would be like earning $16,108 in Philadelphia.
Even if you got a really good gig, and started at $50K per year in Honolulu, that would only give you the equivalent standard of living of making $26,847 in Philadelphia.
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