Big difference in parental leave also. It's true that the costs are reasonable once your kids go to school, and university is pretty affordable too. As for emb

Big difference in parental leave also. It's true that the costs are reasonable once your kids go to school, and university is pretty affordable too. As for embedded systems, that's not my field, but the one where my friend works. After being laid off in Switzerland, he spent a few months looking for a job (in the whole country), gave up and started to interview in the Munich area where he could pick between several offers, all upwards of 90k/year. Plenty enough to maintain his lifestyle.