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That's a difficult question for me to answer, given that 1) I'm in Australia and 2) "tech workers" is a very general term. Given the current exchange rate, I ca
by ropable 4y ago
That's a difficult question for me to answer, given that 1) I'm in Australia and 2) "tech workers" is a very general term. Given the current exchange rate, I can say that I'm currently paid in the range of US$70000-80000 per annum (it varies a bit based on voluntary deployments to bushfire incidents that my org manages). It's a full-time role, mainly software dev but with the mix of sysadmin, BA, DBA and other odd IT jobs that any tech worker does. I coordinate 1-2 more junior software devs to a small extent.
I have no idea how that compares to a similar role in the US, but over here that's a pretty comfortable middle-class wage.
- throwaway2037 4y agoI estimate 50% higher in tech-focused places in US. However, that would ignore worse work-life balance and insanely high living costs in those places! I sounds like you are being paid well. I would love to live in Perth for few years, then explore the beaches, reefs, and bush in my free time.
- ropable 4y agoYeah, it's difficult to compare wages across countries while also taking into account the differences in living costs, etc. Recent data on purchasing power parity between the US and Australia puts Australia at around 1.44 (which would pretty much eliminate the difference in exchange rates). Further, the cost of living outside of our biggest cities (Sydney, Melbourne) is a _lot_ lower. I don't think that it's well-known around the world, but I'd wager Perth as one of the best places to live in the world. Infrastructure, safety, stability, environment, cost of living, etc. are all first-class.