Rent: 3500 USD for three bedroom with great compound

School: 20k per year

Healthcare: 500USD/month

Transport: 40 USD cents per day if using the metro

Food: imported 25-40% more than in US/Europe, local is cheap, but doubtful in quality

Gym: 100US / month

Maid: 200USD / month

Rent - 2000 for a one bedroom apt 67m sq. apartment located in the minhang district. No metro around here.

Utilities - roughly 300 - gas, water, electricity, phone & internet & cable tv.

Food - you can spend as little as 6RMB for local food, or average 80RMB for a main course in a reasonably nice restaurant.

To see a movie - 100RMB during peak hours.

Transportation - I bike to school, but a bus trip is 2RMB, and metro fare is about 3-5RMB. Taxi fare starts at 11RMB. For 1 hour of travel, it will probably go up to 150RMB.

Health care also varies greatly. For local clinic - less than 10RMB, for international clinic, it may 10 times more.

all costs given for a married couple:

* 1USD = 6.6RMB

monthly rent in a large apartment (150sqm) = *RMB8000

utilities = under RMB1000 per month

food = around RMB6000 per month

incidentals = around RMB6000