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You have to take into account that cost of healthcare, cost of living and that Europeans typically don't have student loans to pay off.
by ma2rten 6y ago
You have to take into account that cost of healthcare, cost of living and that Europeans typically don't have student loans to pay off.
- csunbird 6y agothe difference between europe salaries and usa salaries are multiple of any student loan or healthcare that you can get.
- ma2rten 6y agoIt depends where in Europe and where in the US. Google adjusts salaries based on the local market. Salaries in Google's Zurich office is higher than in the Bay Area.
- google234123 6y agoGoogle is a US company though...
- opportune 6y agoAlmost all US software jobs come with healthcare for your family. Average student loan amount is like $30k. Even accounting for these costs EU pay is pretty bad compared to US. I was saving $100k/y my first job out of school in the US. This was at a good-but-not-great company with a standard new grad offer The seemingly only place that’s replicable is in Switzerland at a handful of companies (Google and some small other companies) and that’s not even in the EU.
- person_of_color 6y ago100k post tax? What company is that??
- opportune 6y agoThis was at a company with a very large number of employees in the Seattle area. I’m including my 401k+match (which may not be completely fair because that’s what we have instead of pensions since SS is so paltry) and signing bonus.
- tootahe45 6y ago> You have to take into account that cost of healthcare You literally don't, since companies provide this. Unless of course you're accounting for the better healthcare you'd receive in the US? > cost of living Where most IT jobs are based in europe it isn't cheap to live at all..