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Re:A Visa for founders, engineers and investors willing to j... by dmuneka on Monday January 16, 2017 @01:02PM (#13411672)
I think it depends on where in the US. In NYC, I pay around 32% of my gross income in federal and local taxes, social security, medicare, etc. That's almost 4 months of my salary.

On top of that, I have to pay for health insurance, deductibles, and retirement savings, which I assume my French counterpart wouldn't have to separately pay for.

Re:A Visa for founders, engineers and investors willing to j... by jchampem on Monday January 16, 2017 @01:10PM (#13411737)
Exactly. The first 25% I mentioned includes health insurance for your whole family with close to 0 deductibles (usually a few euros here and there), retirement plan and unemployment insurance (if you get fired, you can expect to get ~60% of your previous gross salary the first year, slowly decreasing after that) and at the very least 5 weeks of paid annual leave.