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You cannot compare EU and US salaries easily. The protection of employees, heath care system, pension, holidays, the social safety net and cost of living, to n
by hondadriver 6y ago
You cannot compare EU and US salaries easily.
The protection of employees, heath care system, pension, holidays, the social safety net and cost of living, to name of few are too different.
In general you need to multiply your EU salary x2 to get a comparable US salary.
- badpun 6y ago> pension In many European countries (e.g. UK), the pension contributions are a form of income tax (i.e. proportional to income), while the pension is a fixed sum that barely allows you to survive - regardless of how much you've paid in contributions. I don't know how SS works in the US, but it's hard to imagine a worse system. > cost of living I've compared two random third-tier cities in US and Western Europe: https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/in/El-Paso https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/in/El-Paso https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/in/Bordeaux https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/in/Bordeaux The costs of living are actually really close within each other.
- s1t5 6y agoAnd it's similar for big cities - local purchasing power in London is lower than New York, San Francisco and LA.