Study Finds No Gender Gap in Tech Salaries

Re:Study Finds No Gender Gap in Tech Salaries by chongli on Thursday March 03, 2016 @03:10PM (#11219641)

But how much is it paid? If somebody is making six figures, is it going to cover the whole amount? That seems unlikely. If it's a low percentage of the total amount, then it's forcing a big pay cut that families may not be able to afford.

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Re:Study Finds No Gender Gap in Tech Salaries by lagadu on Friday March 04, 2016 @12:47AM (#11222263)

Details vary by country, but in the three countries I've lived in 100% of your salary. It's paid by social security, even if your salary is in the seven figures, then you also paid a high amount to social security to cover for it.

edit: here's a table with more details https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parental_leave#Europe_.28inc._...

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Re:Study Finds No Gender Gap in Tech Salaries by chongli on Friday March 04, 2016 @09:04AM (#11223722)

I think the US would have a long way to go before the public would ever accept having 7+ figure salaries paid out of the taxpayer pocket. That's pretty cool that some countries do though I see some of them only offer the 100% to women and not men.

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