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It’s not as bad as you make it sound; top marginal rate is 55% and you pay 30% tax on a decent/higher-end salary. Yes there are costs for the employer, but that
by ptr 5y ago
It’s not as bad as you make it sound; top marginal rate is 55% and you pay 30% tax on a decent/higher-end salary. Yes there are costs for the employer, but that’s the case in other places too.
A ~P75 software engineer can accumulate 1 MUSD within 15-16 years given 7% growth and decent city center living. <10 years for someone really good. Still, it’s not the US, but at least it’s possible.
- jollybean 5y ago"Yes there are costs for the employer, but that’s the case in other places too." Yes payroll taxes are everywhere, but they are considerably higher in Sweden at ~30% in some brackets. For average earners, France/Belgium are the highest, but for upper income earners, Sweden is the highest [1] [1] https://taxfoundation.org/taxing-high-income-2019/ https://taxfoundation.org/taxing-high-income-2019/