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Re:Brain Drain Within the EU? by olavgg on Saturday September 22, 2018 @07:46PM (#18048608)
CoL?

Seriously here in Norway getting over 100K € annually is becoming normal. If you are really talented, then you can even make 150k € annually. Freelancers make over 200k € annually. There is a huge shortage for developers these days, much thanks to "digital transformation" trend.

Re:Brain Drain Within the EU? by mortehu on Sunday September 23, 2018 @12:45AM (#18049447)
According to SSB, the 75th percentile for full-time system architects in private industry (the highest paid software developer category) in Norway in 2017 was $103K/year. This is close to the 50th percentile for all software engineers in US in 2017, which was $104K according to BLS. The 50th percentile for system architects in Norway was $87K.

Norway has a higher cost of living due to the 25% VAT, and because the national (non-developer) median salary is so high. Not to mention vehicle and gasoline taxes.

Re:Brain Drain Within the EU? by tormeh on Saturday September 22, 2018 @08:22PM (#18048705)
Have you looked at the exchange rate to euros? That's 1M NOK. I think maybe you meant $, which would be 800K NOK, which sounds correct for Oslo.
Re:Brain Drain Within the EU? by dogma1138 on Sunday September 23, 2018 @07:45AM (#18050627)
The tax and cost of living in the Nordic countries is pretty steep even compared to the rest of Europe.