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Interesting, thanks for the write up. My post came from the fact that as an engineer in Silicon Valley about 45% of my salary goes in taxes, which is more than
by GuiA 9y ago
Interesting, thanks for the write up.
My post came from the fact that as an engineer in Silicon Valley about 45% of my salary goes in taxes, which is more than if I were an engineer in my native European country (where obviously the pay would be much less).
- adventured 9y agoAs a percentage comparison to your salary, what are you getting in benefits (including healthcare coverage)? If you're making $200,000 and getting $60,000 per year in total non-base-salary benefits, that makes a meaningful difference in the taxation percentage picture. In my experience, Europeans properly always talk about what they get for their taxes (eg healthcare), while Americans rarely discuss that they get an entire other compensation set to go with their salary and it's excluded from income comparisons (which is extremely relevant, because of how very expensive US healthcare is, ie that it's not cost comparable to other developed nations).