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Although the pound has recently crashed, the general rule for comparing UK salaries to US ones is to 1.5x it to dollars. A £150k salary in London is equiv to a
by efficax 4y ago
Although the pound has recently crashed, the general rule for comparing UK salaries to US ones is to 1.5x it to dollars. A £150k salary in London is equiv to a ~$200-250k salary in the US. Not bad, I'd say.
- giobox 4y agoWhile it's of course good by local UK standards, I still think sometimes London needs to recalibrate to pay closer to US norms. Cost of living in London is often just as bad as major US coastal cities. At my work, they recently introduced a London office paying eng roles in similar salary range, and lots of opportunities to move there with help provided for relocation fees. For many the interest evaporates when they see typical dev pay package and CoL in London.
- _dain_ 4y ago>While it's of course good by local UK standards understatement, £150k is outstanding, london or otherwise
- mooreds 4y agoThat's fair, I was using 1:1, even though London is surprisingly cheaper than Denver, CO (according to the cost of living website I found).
- eddsh1994 4y agoLondon can be as expensive or cheap as you want it to be. I worked for a startup on 23k when I first started working and my now wife was an undergrad, we still had a studio in Central London (zone 1). On the other hand you can have a town house in Belgravia for prices similar to Atherton.
- thrown_22 4y ago>~$200-250k salary in the US. Not bad, I'd say. In SF or NYC? For a junior dev who can maybe write a for loop without supervision sure.