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It include an asterisk. Those salaries come with the reality of living in locales like the bay area or Seattle and the like generally, with all the exorbitant c
by IntelMiner 3y ago
It include an asterisk. Those salaries come with the reality of living in locales like the bay area or Seattle and the like generally, with all the exorbitant costs of living in those areas
A lot of companies (like Amazon) will gleefully slash your salary if you try to move somewhere cheaper, because why should we pay you more if you don't just need that money to fork over to a landlord every month?
There's also all the things Americans go without, like socialized healthcare. Even with their lauded insurance plans they still pay significantly more for worse health outcomes than any other country
- IshKebab 3y agoNah even with bay area costs Americans get paid much much more than elsewhere. I could easily double my salary by moving from the UK to San Francisco. House prices are maybe double too, but since they are only a part of your outgoings, overall you come out waaaay ahead. Of course then I would have to send my kids to schools with metal detectors and school shooting drills... It's not all about the money.
- the_gipsy 3y agoThe employer es basically subsidizing the mortgage, incentivizing workers to move to the most expensive location, which make these locations even more expensive.
- nxm 3y ago90%+ of Americans have some form of health insurance, especially tech workers. And there are issues with socialized health care as well
- Peanuts99 3y agoYet surprisingly the US has by far the highest government expenditure on healthcare globally.
- kaydub 3y agoDon't forget, some of the worst outcomes per dollar spent
- m00x 3y agoBut best outcome if you do have the money. I've been waiting 38 months for an elective surgery in Canada.
- jacquesm 3y agoCanada is all kinds of mixed up on this front. On paper healthcare is pretty much perfect but if you dig in a bit you find a whole raft of things that simply don't work. Canadians don't go bankrupt because of a medical mishap, but they're much more likely to die while waiting for something they need.