Short term contracts might be different, but 95% of normal software engineers in germany will e.g. never reach 100k. Including those in the large corporations. I think 200k might be barely in reach for a senior manager. In other countries/regions this will even be far lower.

It's a nonprofit looking for next years funding. An engineer defintatly ought to be paid as if it's a short term gig.

This might be part of the advantage America has over some European countries when it comes to elite talent.

Germany has horrible pay, a senior software engineer for Amazon and the likes is making 60K Euro's....

No one I've ever known makes that in support roles. Consultants can get that easily though.

The worker makes $30, the contractor and body shops take the rest.

For more context, consider (1). It shows the expected pay for someone with a masters in comp sci, working as an engineer in Belgium. It tops out at just over 5k (gross) a month, so just about 65k a year. Less than one third of 200k.

(1): https://imgur.com/a/zRWXT

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