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Only if your friend is willing to get paid a local salary ;)
by electriclove 2y ago
Only if your friend is willing to get paid a local salary ;)
- tombert 2y agoOh he's not going to like that.
- Mr-Frog 2y agoEntry-level total comp at Google Mexico is about 80k USD, which is comparable to 180k in local purchasing power. [Edit] on second glance, my original datapoint for Google was questionable, but it looks like Lyft/Amazon definitely gives offers in the 50k-70k USD range.
- jjmarr 2y agowtf that's barely less than Canada? and significantly more on a purchasing power basis. How do I move to Mexico?
- Mr-Frog 2y agoThis is the absolute top of the top, domestic tech in Mexico pays pretty poorly. Google (as of last year) also let people transfer from high COL to lower COL, reduce their base, but keep the original RSU contract, which will probably skew reported compensation.
- jjmarr 2y agoDomestic tech in Canada also pays significantly less. Entry-level for some banks is like US$50-60k
- wkat4242 2y agoSame here in Spain. You need to be with a multinational. Local companies pay shit.
- FirmwareBurner 2y agoIt's the same in all of Europe. You need to work for international big-tech to make decent money, which is also very competitive in terms of job applications. Domestic SW shops pay shit.
- AlotOfReading 2y agoThat salary is actually below the minimum income for permanent residency (but above the 4 yr temporary residency threshold). If you want to stay beyond 4 years, you'll need to either pony up for a sufficiently expensive house or show $300k usd in a bank account over the past year.
- jjmarr 2y agoCan you give an idea of how much I'd have to spend on a house? And also what I'd get for that money?
- AlotOfReading 2y agoTwice the amount of the bank account, ~$600k USD. Here's a reasonable selection of houses for that price marketed to foreigners: https://www.sothebysrealty.com/eng/sales/mex/price-low-sort/600000-2000000000-price https://www.sothebysrealty.com/eng/sales/mex/price-low-sort/... Mexico's immigration policies are deliberately designed to exclude most people who aren't wealthy retirees and don't have familial ties.
- jjmarr 2y agoThose properties are beautiful! I can get a beachfront villa for practically nothing. In Canada something that close to the water would be several million dollars despite not even having a tropical climate. What is Mexico's visa policy w.r.t. NAFTA/CUSMA professionals? Can I just get in temporarily as a software engineer akin to TN-1 in the USA?
- paxys 2y agoMexico City is more expensive than you think. Doubly so if you want to maintain the standard of living that you are used to in USA/Canada.
- er4hn 2y agoPolanco, a neighborhood in Mexico City, has homes that sell for prices that you'd expect from Malibu, CA or Atherton.
- layman51 2y agoThat’s really interesting to think about. I had seen a list of the most expensive streets and Polanco is home to one of those (the commercial Avenida Presidente Masaryk) and Atherton is on the list too (the residential Walsh Road).
- Apocryphon 2y agoIt’s also the biggest city on the continent so it stands to region the range in CoL might be huge.
- wkat4242 2y agoBut that's also because the richest people aren't so affected by low cost of living. Prices temd to be based on what people can afford. And those neighbourhoods tend to be for the top 0.1%
- hombre_fatal 2y agoThough that's not a good example since you're just pointing out where the richest people live in Mexico City. It reveals nothing about the CoL of the city.
- satvikpendem 2y agoBut that's Google, they'd be hiring the top engineers there. What's the average for an average engineer, half that?
- hombre_fatal 2y agoIf that number is even real, so few people are making it that it's not even worth mentioning. Search "sueldo ingeniero Google Mexico" and you see wages like $30k USD which is already +$10k over the Mexico average for software, so way more realistic.
- almosthere 2y agoWhat is the salary? I bet it's in my range but I'm in the USA.
- speakfreely 2y agoAverage software dev salaries in major Mexican metros are around 30,000 to 45,000 MXN per month. So around $2,000 USD a month.
- suavesito 2y agoWhich is a lot, at least in terms or how much you can buy. Mexico is really cheap, compared to USA.
- kevin_thibedeau 2y agoIt is a hit on your retirement savings if you intend to return to a more expensive country.
- wkat4242 2y agoThe thing with purchasing power is that it doesn't apply to everything. In particular foreign goods. So while low cost of living countries offset their low wages with cheaper housing, food and local services, imported stuff still costs the same and is relatively expensive as a result. Basically in those countries it really sucks to buy a computer, camera, even cars.
- tombert 2y agoI spent two weeks in Juarez a few years ago for my wife's visa stuff. The hotel was pretty cheap, the food was pretty cheap (and delicious!), but I was surprised to see that an Xbox was actually more expensive than it was in NYC. It makes enough sense, Microsoft isn't a charity, they're selling the console at a fairly competitive price already in the US, it's not going going to magically get cheaper just because it crossed a border, but it was still surprising to see that.
- plagiarist 2y agoWhat's the cost of living and healthcare like?