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Re:Second Citizenships, Residencies, and/or Temporary Reloca... by tonfa on Sunday February 21, 2021 @09:14AM (#26213563)
> I keep hearing how I'll just have to swallow a tiny salary compared to SV wages if I move to any EU country, Switzerland included.

Did you check e.g. levels.fyi?

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Re:Second Citizenships, Residencies, and/or Temporary Reloca... by ChuckNorris89 on Sunday February 21, 2021 @10:52AM (#26214340)
That website is next to useless in most of europe. Too few data points and too much noise apart from a few big well known companies.
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Re:Second Citizenships, Residencies, and/or Temporary Reloca... by tonfa on Sunday February 21, 2021 @11:44AM (#26214883)
But for the places with those well known companies it's a good way to check salaries across location. (Which should still be a proxy for overall market)
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Re:Second Citizenships, Residencies, and/or Temporary Reloca... by ChuckNorris89 on Sunday February 21, 2021 @12:09PM (#26215142)
>Which should still be a proxy for overall market

Unfortunately not true. Just because some FAANG in the area will be able to pay you €150k+ TC, doesn't mean all local companies will automatically try to match that. You might be surprised how wide the TC gap is between FAANG & Co. and local players who might laugh in your face if you ask for more than €80k. Simply put, most EU companies can't match such levels of pay but will have no shortage of talent.

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Re:Second Citizenships, Residencies, and/or Temporary Reloca... by vecinu on Sunday February 21, 2021 @03:18PM (#26216752)
I have and can validate its fairly accurate numbers for FAANG / SV salaries but not so much European ones.

It also gets hairy once you compare pre-tax (US Salaries) with post-tax (EU salaries) and different costs of living.

I use a combination of levels.fyi, Payscale/Glassdoor plus Numbeo / Nomadlist to keep running the numbers around how much I could save by moving elsewhere.

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