Same, when I left the US in 2013 I was early career and the gap wasn’t as big but now it seems like European pay is just atrocious. I was ok with a 30% pay cut

Same, when I left the US in 2013 I was early career and the gap wasn’t as big but now it seems like European pay is just atrocious. I was ok with a 30% pay cut for quality of life, not 60%. Weak euro doesn’t help either.