They pay significantly less in Europe. I was paid ~75k EUR (~87k USD) as an L5 at Amazon (incl. bonus), levels.fyi states you'd expect around $165k in the same

They pay significantly less in Europe. I was paid ~75k EUR (~87k USD) as an L5 at Amazon (incl. bonus), levels.fyi states you'd expect around $165k in the same role in the US. That's before taxes in both cases - literally half the salary for what is meant to be the same role. The stock provision is also often much lower (less than half in my case compared to levels.fyi), and also faces higher taxes and the currency conversion when working in Europe but that can't really be avoided.