I know it says little, but don't have any stats comparing just IT jobs. This was the best I could do and I think it does get the message across. The more vacat

I know it says little, but don't have any stats comparing just IT jobs. This was the best I could do and I think it does get the message across. The more vacation / paid days off per year definitely doesn't cover the (entire) wage disparity. But it helps. I don't know many Americans that get every 2nd Friday off (36hours workweek) while it is commonplace in NL, as well as simply taking August off by default. I'm not saying salaries in the US aren't higher. They are! But I just hope my explanation covers some of the "mind boggling" part of how European salaries are lower.