Ask HN: Earning 100k EUR in Berlin?

Re:Ask HN: Earning 100k EUR in Berlin? by ingvul on Sunday December 20, 2020 @05:55PM (#25490382)

> It sucks that people keep using gross salary instead of net because it really makes a difference.

Gross is better because what every individual takes home after taxes varies (if you are single, married, have kids, church taxes?, solidarity taxes, etc.).

> In Germany, you would take home £52,911 / €58,117 / $71,102.

Based on what tax group? You see, it's not that simple. Those numbers could be true for people who are single and are living in the east of Germany... but they could be false if they are married and living in the west while paying church taxes.

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Re:Ask HN: Earning 100k EUR in Berlin? by sbarzowski on Sunday December 20, 2020 @06:57PM (#25490774)

Yes it depends on a particular situation, but the net salary is what really matters in the end. It's better to compare meaningful net salary, even with some gotchas, even as a ballpark figure.

Gross salary is kinda meaningless (from employee perspective) when comparing offers in different tax regimes.

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Re:Ask HN: Earning 100k EUR in Berlin? by msh on Monday December 21, 2020 @05:27PM (#25500394)

But then you also have to consider what services will be provided by the state, payed with the high taxes that you have to pay out of pocket other places.

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