I'm an American, in America. 80k is a very respectable salary here in America too, and I know programmers working for 40k a year. The United States is a very l

I'm an American, in America. 80k is a very respectable salary here in America too, and I know programmers working for 40k a year. The United States is a very large, very socioeconomically diverse country. It is after all, iirc, at least as large as all of Europe. So no, not all American devs are paid that way.