Average salary for a full professor in the US is $129K, which would put it closer to $800. That being said, the average professor salary in Germany is around 8

Average salary for a full professor in the US is $129K, which would put it closer to $800. That being said, the average professor salary in Germany is around 84,000 Euro, so it's closer to $560 a month. You also ignore that after the high deductible is paid in the US you're still paying co-insurance and co-pays. (I love how US health insurers describe these as "your contribution" to your healthcare costs, as if you weren't already paying premiums and deductibles, but the magical insurance fairy is...).