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Keep in mind that most taxes and benefits are missing there, so it's better to consider US salaries as payroll costs in Europe. In my fairly liberal country (E
by snemvalts 5y ago
Keep in mind that most taxes and benefits are missing there, so it's better to consider US salaries as payroll costs in Europe.
In my fairly liberal country (Estonia), 75k eur a year renders around 42k eur a year take home, really great salary living costs wise but taxes still take a large chunk.
- hiram112 5y ago75K EUR / year is a legit salary in Estonia now? Wow, you guys are really catching up fast. I would have assumed former Soviet bloc countries were still down there at $30K or so (even less in Ukraine, Moldova, etc.). Is this something special with Estonia, or are salaries catching up in the rest of Baltics, Poland, etc?
- snemvalts 5y agoDepending on where you work, if you're a great developer then the income can be around 2500-4500€ a month take home, which is 40k - 90k eur (gross, not payroll) a year. Considering the average (and very liveable) salary is 1100€ take home a month, it's really great living costs wise. I think apart from the post-soviet Central European countries, Baltics are the outliers, and Estonia is the outlier among them (with Lithuania catching up). Mostly because of lenient tax policies and high levels of entrepreneurship. But all this growth does increase inequality a lot, a person in the countryside might take home 600-800€ a month in comparison.
- charrondev 5y agoPayroll cost is higher than that. Those numbers don’t include the other costs paid by the employer - payroll taxes (as and Medicare) - unemployment insurance (SUTA/FUTA) - workers comp - health insurance (most Americans have the large percentage paid by their employer).