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If you tried to make a point you kind of failed. I make $40k after tax, in Russia, employed locally, and while that doesn't sound like much to an American ear,
by thriftwy 9y ago
If you tried to make a point you kind of failed.
I make $40k after tax, in Russia, employed locally, and while that doesn't sound like much to an American ear, I've bought my apartment for $90k a year before. I seriously doubt anyone is going to pay me $400k before tax in the US as you suggested. I'm 32 by the way. And I never work more than 40 hr/week.
I don't see how you can underpay a dev in Russia. Maybe you can by hiring in really small and depressive towns? Or promising rocket science job?
- baybal2 9y ago>I make $40k after tax, in Russia That makes you a rather expensive employee if the company hiring you actually pays your pension contributions, EI, medical bills, and other quasi-tax charges (which are much higher than in the West.) 24k a year is what a good grad can expect in a company that pays taxes in full. The full cost of employing such a guy will be right about $40k
- thriftwy 9y agoNot sure it's much higher, I'd say roughly the same when you consider tax bracket and things like 401k. But sure, it's not cheap.
- nofilter 9y agoIn Estonia the employee doesn't have to pay any taxes what-so-ever. The employer is the one that pays taxes from your bruto salary, which is required by the law (health insurance, pension, etc). In fact most people, when negotiating salaries, simply ask for how much they want in NET, because nobody besides the company cares about bruto.
- thriftwy 9y agoIn Russia, you pay 13% in direct tax (deduced automatically) and also your employer pays an additional ~30% to health insurance, pension, etc. It's frequent nowdays to be cited your salary before 13% tax.