USD 850 to 1,000 is approx. RD 37,200 to 43,700 a month, using yesterdays ATM rate. You can get a lot better deals than that. Whether you will get paid for the work you do or not is more of a concern. If your job is tourist related, watch your steps. Expat employers have a tendency to consider food and living in the Caribbean a sufficient salary, they don't pay their own apt. rent so why should they pay their expat employees? If your future employer is from the country surronding Hamburg, be very careful. People leave on prepaid return tickets cause they never got paid. Be lucky.
And by the way, I live here. I love it and I hate it!!