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Re:Ask HN: How to increase SWE salaries in Europe? by eloisant on Thursday January 14, 2021 @03:41AM (#25773774)
I get it, and I would completely agree if the salary gap was the same for managers, HR, etc.

So the question is: why are managers, HR, etc. paid so much more than SWE in Europe? They bring less value to the company.

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Re:Ask HN: How to increase SWE salaries in Europe? by throwawayzRUU6f on Thursday January 14, 2021 @05:11AM (#25774555)
Pretty much every professionals' pay is proportionately lower.

Doctors are paid around a 1/3 of what doctors get in the US

Nurses around half

Lawyers vary, but quick googling suggests it's around half to third

Finance, insurance and real estate pays waaaay less

Store managers at Walmart get about twice as much store managers at Lidl Europe

The skew in upper management pay is even higher

and on and on...

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Re:Ask HN: How to increase SWE salaries in Europe? by oblio on Thursday January 14, 2021 @07:41AM (#25775666)
Well, the US GNI is also higher than that of every European country minus the microstates, Norway and Switzerland.

Partly because even though productivity is comparable, Americans just work more (longer hours, fewer and shorter holidays), partly because the system is just more efficient: single market, just 1 language, great centralized soft power that opens many doors.

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Re:Ask HN: How to increase SWE salaries in Europe? by benhurmarcel on Thursday January 14, 2021 @06:10AM (#25774969)
They are not. Pay is lower in Europe than in the US across all "well paid" jobs.
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