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Keep 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
by explorigin 5y ago
Keep 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.