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Zurich pay can eclipse Valley pay. I have friends who went to ETH for grad school and were getting close to 100k CHF a year. This is grad school -- the pay goes

Zurich pay can eclipse Valley pay. I have friends who went to ETH for grad school and were getting close to 100k CHF a year. This is grad school -- the pay goes up from there.

_nalply 9y ago
This is true. I know someone who works as a dev for CHF 150k+ in Bern, and Zurich has even higher levels of salary.
rconti 9y ago
Getting paid while in grad school? Or you're saying the pay goes up as you go from graduate degree to Ph.D?
- hobo_mark 9y ago
  Yes (both).
  - rconti 9y ago
    Nice. Working in Europe is definitely on my list for the next handful of years.. just need to figure out how to make the move (have EU citizenship, just a matter of making the jump)
- shafyy 9y ago
  Getting paid while in grad school. As a grad student at ETH, depending on your department, you'll earn anything from $60k - $100k (ballpark).
- chrisseaton 9y ago
  If you aren't getting paid to be in grad school, then that was a hint that they didn't really want to take you. Any reputable grad school place will be paying you.
  - toomanybeersies 9y ago
    Depends on the country. In New Zealand it's not common to be paid to do post grad.
andersonmvd 9y ago
Do not forget that the taxes are way different and should be accounted for in a comparison.
- joe3774 9y ago
  I lived in Switzerland, paid 12% taxes and 5% for AHV (public pension fund, you don't get this money back), lived in a 100sqm (1000sqf) flat for 1800 chf a month, 25 min to zurich by train but only a 15min bike ride to work, ~110k salary
hobo_mark 9y ago
On the other hand, you will need that much to live there! Take this 250k googler, he's more frugal than anyone I know and yet they spend 90k/yr living in Zuerich. http://retireinprogress.com/2017-q4/ http://retireinprogress.com/2017-q4/
- maehwasu 9y ago
  If you read the post, he spent $27K on two wedding ceremonies, and $10K on a huge trip (presumably his honeymoon). Actual "normal" cost was closer to $50K.
  - kgwgk 9y ago
    And that’s the most frugal guy he knows!
- chrisper 9y ago
  > On the other hand, you will need that much to live there! This is not true. (I live in Switzerland)

Zurich pay can eclipse Valley pay. I have friends who went to ETH for grad school and were getting close to 100k CHF a year. This is grad school -- the pay goes up from there.

_nalply 9y ago

This is true. I know someone who works as a dev for CHF 150k+ in Bern, and Zurich has even higher levels of salary.

rconti 9y ago

Getting paid while in grad school? Or you're saying the pay goes up as you go from graduate degree to Ph.D?

hobo_mark 9y ago
Yes (both).
- rconti 9y ago
  Nice. Working in Europe is definitely on my list for the next handful of years.. just need to figure out how to make the move (have EU citizenship, just a matter of making the jump)
shafyy 9y ago
Getting paid while in grad school. As a grad student at ETH, depending on your department, you'll earn anything from $60k - $100k (ballpark).
chrisseaton 9y ago
If you aren't getting paid to be in grad school, then that was a hint that they didn't really want to take you. Any reputable grad school place will be paying you.
- toomanybeersies 9y ago
  Depends on the country. In New Zealand it's not common to be paid to do post grad.

andersonmvd 9y ago

Do not forget that the taxes are way different and should be accounted for in a comparison.

joe3774 9y ago
I lived in Switzerland, paid 12% taxes and 5% for AHV (public pension fund, you don't get this money back), lived in a 100sqm (1000sqf) flat for 1800 chf a month, 25 min to zurich by train but only a 15min bike ride to work, ~110k salary

hobo_mark 9y ago

On the other hand, you will need that much to live there! Take this 250k googler, he's more frugal than anyone I know and yet they spend 90k/yr living in Zuerich. http://retireinprogress.com/2017-q4/ http://retireinprogress.com/2017-q4/

maehwasu 9y ago
If you read the post, he spent $27K on two wedding ceremonies, and $10K on a huge trip (presumably his honeymoon). Actual "normal" cost was closer to $50K.
- kgwgk 9y ago
  And that’s the most frugal guy he knows!
chrisper 9y ago
> On the other hand, you will need that much to live there! This is not true. (I live in Switzerland)