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It's not so simple. The places you can earn these wages in the US have incredible high cost of living usually. Something that is way less extreme over here. Th
by herbst 5y ago
It's not so simple. The places you can earn these wages in the US have incredible high cost of living usually. Something that is way less extreme over here.
Then health care, social security and pension costs. That could easily half your US income to get to the same standards. Also taxes, NL or DE has very high taxes comparingly however NL also has a amazing public infrastructure you get for that. You won't need a car for example.
Best of both worlds is Switzerland. Wages are more or less in between your examples, taxes are low, standard is super high.
- BrS96bVxXBLzf5B 5y agoAmericans love to bring this up but half of a six figure US income still leaves abundantly more than £32k at 6 years experience leaves outside of London. Without a car, dependents, and with private healthcare costs (because the NHS is far more flawed than propaganda would have you believe), I'm not the only one living alone in a mould-infested flat that isn't even suitable to keep a pet, unable to move because of trying to cling on to the lower-but-still-too-high rent price ridden through the recent massive increases, putting no savings away, in a country where recent delivery shortages make your fresh food shop a roll of the dice. I'm glad to have the shelter, warmth, and relative security that many others don't, but living as a software engineer in this country is nowhere near comparable to other 'similar' countries, whether the US, Canada, or European neighbours.