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Re:Ask HN: A good source of salaries at FAANG in EU/UK? by spacedcowboy on Wednesday February 17, 2021 @10:20AM (#26167265)
To be fair, I went back and looked at my spreadsheet (I put it together a few years back), and it was more focused on cost-of-living than tax.

Examples: my health insurance for the family is ~$500/month, my electricity and gas bill (combined) peaked at $1200/month, property taxes are ~$1300/month, all rounded to $100.

I fixed the electricity by installing solar and (later) Tesla power walls, but I can’t do much about the other two.

It still works out, monetarily, for me because (and I’m not sure if I was clear on this before), I didn’t make anything like this sort of money in the uk, and didn’t really expect to.

Re:Ask HN: A good source of salaries at FAANG in EU/UK? by Frypa on Thursday February 18, 2021 @06:20AM (#26178536)
> my electricity and gas bill (combined) peaked at $1200/mont

That is insane. Why so high? are these normal rates in the US?

I pay £100-£120 for electricity (no gas here).