It's not only salary I'd say the scale/vision/management of American companies is also "on average" better (of course, helped by generous and realistic financi

It's not only salary I'd say the scale/vision/management of American companies is also "on average" better (of course, helped by generous and realistic financing) Try financing facebook (think - at the beginning) outside of the US. Or every other service that has been net negative so far. Also, I don't think it's so much "risk appetite" but the fact that they know how to manage the risks and expectations (on tech startups) better.