Median disposable income is not the same thing as average wage/salary: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_European_countries_by_average_wage https://en.wikip

Median disposable income is not the same thing as average wage/salary: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_European_countries_by_average_wage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_European_countries_by_... > the salaries were around $30-40k, but we could have paid much less if we hired someone from EPAM. If pre-tax that's quite low, but yeah you might be able to find junior/equivalent engineers for this much. Also I just realized that all the number I posted were in € and not $ so add another 8%. > Eastern Europe has developed significantly, but still lags behind Western Europe massively Never implied otherwise.