Don't take my word for it indeed - I saw an article with a nice graph about that like a year ago but 10 minutes of Googling didn't turn up anything at the momen

Don't take my word for it indeed - I saw an article with a nice graph about that like a year ago but 10 minutes of Googling didn't turn up anything at the moment. So here's an anecdote instead :) Sweden. Average salary 36100SEK, average "Software- and system developers" salary 46500SEK. So a software dev earns ~30% more than the average salary. [1] Estonia. Average salary 1576EUR. average "Software developer" salary 3753EUR. So a software dev earns ~140% more than the average salary [2] Now I didn't find an official source for "% of people employed in the startup sector" for both countries but my guess is that it's much bigger in Estonia than in Sweden (based on [3]) and that's the reason for my overall pessimistic view that the startup scene here in Estonia is one of the biggest causes of income inequality in the EU (and I'm saying this as a person living in the startup bubble in Estonia myself) [1] https://www.statistikdatabasen.scb.se/pxweb/en/ssd/START__AM__AM0110__AM0110A/LoneSpridSektorYrk4A/ https://www.statistikdatabasen.scb.se/pxweb/en/ssd/START__AM... [2] https://palgad.stat.ee/en# https://palgad.stat.ee/en# [3] https://2020.stateofeuropeantech.com/chart/746-3309 https://2020.stateofeuropeantech.com/chart/746-3309