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Software developers average about 80 - 120€/h in Austria. How are UK rates so bad?

• zipy124 6mo ago
  A quick google seems to suggest the median software pay in Austria is about €60k. That translates to an hourly wage of roughly 31€/h . Your range of 80-120 gives a yearly wage of like 155k-234k which is clearly far too high for an average.
  • mike_hearn 6mo ago
    The discrepancy is probably consulting vs salaried.
    • zipy124 5mo ago
      Even consulting/free-lance compared to employed, the difference is not 3x...
  • rcbdev 6mo ago
    If you start talking about salaried work, you have to account for Austria's 5 weeks of mandatory PTO, infinite paid sick days (with a pay reduction after 6 weeks, clock resets each year), additional paid care leave (Pflegefreistellung) for sick family, paid maternity / paternity leave, etc. in contrast with whatever the British system offers. For developers in Austria who choose salaried work, the math tends to add up with at least 2 months off each year, union protection etc. You'd have to be an expert on labor law in every country you seek to honestly compare. The only clean way to simply compare earnings is freelance rates.
    • zipy124 5mo ago
      Even consulting/free-lance compared to employed, the difference is not 3x...