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Working for a Google/Meta as an L5 engineer in Europe take you in the 160-200K league. This would be 300-350K in NYC/Bay area for the same role and company. Con
by yodsanklai 3y ago
Working for a Google/Meta as an L5 engineer in Europe take you in the 160-200K league. This would be 300-350K in NYC/Bay area for the same role and company. Considering living expenses and more vacation in Europe, it's not that different. A difference though is that you have many more opportunities in the US to match FAANG Salary than you have in let say France or Germany.
- mcntsh 3y agoIronically, these salaries are really mostly only attainable working for American companies. Some facts for anyone reading: - 350k is like 200k net in CA - 200k is ~110k net in Germany - ~90k post-tax difference - Germany: 25 days PTO min - Meta: 25-30 days PTO min - Google: 20 days PTO min Considering COL differences, you'd probably save 40-50k more in the US than Germany with these numbers. Maybe it's not significant enough to lose the EU lifestyle bonuses but it's also not nothing.