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Salary isn't everything. I'm more interested in your monthly expenses, your vacation days, your parental leave options and flexible work hours. 200k USD a year
by INTPenis 8y ago
Salary isn't everything. I'm more interested in your monthly expenses, your vacation days, your parental leave options and flexible work hours.
200k USD a year is just shocking to me living in Swedens 3rd largest city, ca. 300k inhabitants.
But I live well and I feel good from my work.
- jhall1468 8y agoI don't know how expensive Sweeden is, but that $200k salary generally comes with rent of $2000-$3000 for a small one bedroom. Large swaths of Silicon Valley have average home prices well over $1 million USD. And the tech sector here has excellent benefits relative to non-tech, but they still probably don't even come close to your country. 3-4 weeks paid vacation a year plus a few national holidays, 6-8 weeks paid parental leave. There are outliers that offer more, but generally aren't common.
- INTPenis 8y agoYes that was my point. Just move to Swedens largest city, Stockholm, and cost of living goes up significantly. But nowhere near the 200k/year salary range. Yet here I have what is called the Øresund region, with Copenhagen across the bridge. So I still much prefer to live down here.