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Santo Domingo
Capital snapshot (higher costs than national average; net / month unless stated)
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| 💼 Salaries (net / month) | |||
| 🧾Minimum wage | $315 | Min ~DOP 21,000 → net ~DOP 18,400 (AFP 2.87%, SFS 3%; 2025) | |
| 📊Average salary | $540 | Avg net ~DOP 31,800/mo — capital city premium (BCRD 2024) | |
| 🩺Doctor (GP) salary | $2,000 | Private sector (capital) | |
| 🏠 Housing & utilities (studio reference) | |||
| 🏚️Studio rent | $550 | Capital (higher than regions) | |
| ⚡Electricity | $85 | / month | |
| 💧Water | $18 | / month | |
| 📱Mobile plan | $28 | ~20–50GB | |
| 🍽️ Food & drink (typical prices) | |||
| 🍺Beer (pint) | $2.50 | Local bar | |
| ☕Coffee | $1.50 | Regular coffee | |
| 🍲Main dish | $11 | mid-range | |
| ⛽ Transport | |||
| ⛽Gasoline / litre | $1.15 / L | indicative | |
| 🧾 Taxes (indicative) | |||
| 🏷️VAT | 18% | standard rate (ITBIS) | |
| 👤Income tax | ~15% | Progressive, mid-bracket | |
| 🏪Small business tax | ~27% | 27% CIT standard (2025) | |
| 📱 Tech (indicative prices) | |||
| 🍎iPhone (latest 256GB) | $1,500 | import pricing varies | |
| 📲Galaxy S (latest 256GB) | $1,200 | import pricing varies | |
| 🛂 Moving & immigration | |||
| 🛂Immigration-friendly | 6 / 10 | residency possible; paperwork | |
| 🌤️ Quality of life | |||
| 🙂Happiness | 6.2 / 10 | indicative (src: World Happiness Report 2024) | |
| ☀️Sunny days / year | ~290 days / year | indicative (src: Climate data, WMO) | |
| 🏥Public healthcare | Yes | public + private | |
| 🧑⚕️Private insurance / mo | $60 / month | example private | |
| 📈 Indices | |||
| 🚔Crime Index | 58 / 100 | indicative (src: Numbeo Safety Index 2025) | |
| 💶Purchasing Power | 68 | indicative (src: Numbeo PP Index 2025) | |
| 🕍 Religion snapshot | |||
| ✝️Christian | ~85.9% | indicative | |
| ☪️Muslim | ~1.0% | indicative | |
| ☸️Buddhist | ~0% | indicative | |
| ✡️Jewish | ~0% | indicative (src: Pew Research / WJC) | |
| 🕊️Other / None | ~13.1% | other/none | |