Americans have far higher net worths and disposable income after taxes and social transfers including healthcare according to the EU's own OECD statistics. I k

Americans have far higher net worths and disposable income after taxes and social transfers including healthcare according to the EU's own OECD statistics. I know for a fact pre-tax pay is the main number employers discuss. Your sister is doing something wrong. You would not make 3/5ths of 800k in the EU. If you are lucky - 30-50% of that, pre-tax. You clearly haven't looked at living in the EU too seriously, evaluated the job market, run the numbers, etc. I have because I was evaluating this for my LDR. I make 1.2 here in the US (unusual circumstances; nominally 600); I'd make a maximum of 250-300 in the EU for a top offer for the same position. I get taxed at 55% effective here in commie California but it wouldn't be much less in the EU, while my pay would crater. My fixed costs wouldn't be much different either. Food might be nicer though, and I'd be closer to my LDR. But the EU's long term economic prospects are terrible in the tech space. Insane regulatory overhead means that my company rarely even bothers with deploying new features there.