You forgot +$400,000 per kid for university education - not to mention public school quality.

Only the most expensive private universities would cost that much.

You are kind of making my point: comparing working in 2 countries has a lot of factors. Non compete might be a minor thing to a lot of people. Disclosure I neither live or work in the US or Germany.

Ain't that 24 days, 2 days per month) plus public holidays? just wondering. Confirming the rest.

24 days if you work 6 days/week + holidays

20 days if you work 5 days/week + holidays

16 days if you work 4 days/week + holidays

Ah, thanks for the clarification. thank god most employers go above the bare legal minimum, I never had anything less than 28 days. Once I even had the luck of being under a "naked" payment contract: 35 hour work week, unlimited overtime to be taken of whenever it was possible, 30 days of vacation and 12 weeks of continued pay in case of sickness (6 more weeks than mandatory). Ah, I miss these days...