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There’s an insane wage gap between tech in US and the rest of the world.
by bobbycodes 5y ago
There’s an insane wage gap between tech in US and the rest of the world.
- explorigin 5y agoKeep in mind that many other countries have socialized medicine and a better nationalized retirement program. We pay for those and, because of our system, they are very expensive.
- dominotw 5y agoemployees here have employer sponsored healthcare. The gap is huge even if you take out of pocket expenses into account.
- explorigin 5y agoDon't just look at salary, compare against cost-of-living. There are gaps, I'm not denying that. It's just not as large as is looks on paper.
- dominotw 5y agoYes its not that large if you work for some enterprise in midwest. I have mid career friends in bay area pulling in 500k tc in the bay area. This is next to impossible in europe and certainly not a possibility for average engineer.
- explorigin 5y agoThe bay area is all kinds of insane in many ways. :-)
- void_mint 5y agoNot always, and that oftentimes doesn't account for partners/children. Childcare in the US is insane. Thousands and thousands of dollars. In the US, all kinds of expenses are pushed off of the government/employer and onto the employee. Salaries have to be way higher.