There's huge CoL differences to consider between the two, though, especially in housing and healthcare: https://www.mylifeelsewhere.com/cost-of-living/germany/

There's huge CoL differences to consider between the two, though, especially in housing and healthcare: https://www.mylifeelsewhere.com/cost-of-living/germany/california-usa https://www.mylifeelsewhere.com/cost-of-living/germany/calif... > California is 58.4% more expensive than Germany. * https://www.mylifeelsewhere.com/cost-of-living/stuttgart-c5945/san-francisco-c3961 https://www.mylifeelsewhere.com/cost-of-living/stuttgart-c59... > San Francisco is 98.1% more expensive than Stuttgart [MB HQ]. * My favorite part of this comparison is that a new Volkswagen is allegedly 3.1% less expensive in California than in Germany lol