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Ask HN: Can you make 200k as a software engineer outside US?
Top level salaries I have seen in Switzerland/London are around 140K CHF or £120k as permanent or 650-700 per day as contractor.
That is around 155k USD, which seem a fairly common salary in Bay Area/NYC while it would be a top salary in those 2 markets above.
Also the big bonus/shares culture is not as prevalent in Europe.
Anyone here making more than that or knows anyone that does?
- Varqu 7y agoWhile you won't earn over 200k USD easily (unless at Google Zurich or very lucky) in Switzerland you can actually save a lot from your Software Engineer salary, if you go the frugal way (in SV half of your salary is easily eaten by taxes/rent/etc). Here is a cost and savings breakdown for Zurich: https://swissdevjobs.ch/blog/how-to-find-job-as-software-developer-in-switzerland-complete-guide#cost-of-living-in-Switzerland https://swissdevjobs.ch/blog/how-to-find-job-as-software-dev...