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Define 100k+... Is it what you get on your account in one year ? Is it what you keeps after paying your taxes and your insurances ? Or is it the global value y

Define 100k+... Is it what you get on your account in one year ? Is it what you keeps after paying your taxes and your insurances ? Or is it the global value your employer is paying for you ? I assume you ask for the first one, yet the more representative one is probably the latter.

aalhour 9y ago
That's correct, I was asking about the former. I didn't understand the difference between the former and the latter though.
- temsaheain 9y ago
  Well, it's pretty simple, I can talk for France : you have a ~2x factor between the former and the latter, because there is a ton of taxes and costs in-between. And should you compare with the US, you should also take into account health insurance, which is handled roughly 80% by the state, so it's part of your taxes, and 20% by insurance ( and is mandatory, part of what your employer pays for your salary ). So depending on the case you may compare oranges with bananas and apples, because depending on your country what you have into your account as an employee over one year is way different from the value you obtain from it. And I don't even speak of cost of life itself ( the value you output from your salary in France is way different in Paris, where you generally get 15% more in salary compared to the rest of the France, but renting a flat is twice as costly as pretty much anywhere else in the country, so in the end you get less value out of those 15% more... ). In the latter case, I'm part of this 100k+ club, with a margin, as a JS contractor. In the former case, well, I'm not :) You may be interested in http://www.expatistan.com/cost-of-living/ http://www.expatistan.com/cost-of-living/ and https://nomadlist.com https://nomadlist.com to compare things in a better manner over Europe
  - aalhour 9y ago
    Well, that's good. Can you share more about your skill-set and experience? I think a lot of JS Devs in Europe can benefit from it.

aalhour 9y ago

That's correct, I was asking about the former. I didn't understand the difference between the former and the latter though.

temsaheain 9y ago
Well, it's pretty simple, I can talk for France : you have a ~2x factor between the former and the latter, because there is a ton of taxes and costs in-between. And should you compare with the US, you should also take into account health insurance, which is handled roughly 80% by the state, so it's part of your taxes, and 20% by insurance ( and is mandatory, part of what your employer pays for your salary ). So depending on the case you may compare oranges with bananas and apples, because depending on your country what you have into your account as an employee over one year is way different from the value you obtain from it. And I don't even speak of cost of life itself ( the value you output from your salary in France is way different in Paris, where you generally get 15% more in salary compared to the rest of the France, but renting a flat is twice as costly as pretty much anywhere else in the country, so in the end you get less value out of those 15% more... ). In the latter case, I'm part of this 100k+ club, with a margin, as a JS contractor. In the former case, well, I'm not :) You may be interested in http://www.expatistan.com/cost-of-living/ http://www.expatistan.com/cost-of-living/ and https://nomadlist.com https://nomadlist.com to compare things in a better manner over Europe
- aalhour 9y ago
  Well, that's good. Can you share more about your skill-set and experience? I think a lot of JS Devs in Europe can benefit from it.