>From what I can tell, Zurich beats the Bay Area. Not really. Out of all FAANGs there's just Google in Zurich with a significant presence. They pay well above

>From what I can tell, Zurich beats the Bay Area. Not really. Out of all FAANGs there's just Google in Zurich with a significant presence. They pay well above almost all other swiss and european companies, but are not really the top paying employer in the Bay anymore. Not being able to job hop among FAANGs is a big risk to your compensation here in the long term and will make you eventually lose out to Bay Area, even despite lower taxes.