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Re:EU tech sector fights for a Level Playing Field with Micr... by topkai22 on Friday November 26, 2021 @07:53PM (#29355994)
No, US devs really do make a very large amount of money. Both the mean and median wage in US are over $100k. That number is probably on the low side too, as the government BLS data doesn't seem to account well for stock grants, bonuses, and benefits.

https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes151256.htm

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Re:EU tech sector fights for a Level Playing Field with Micr... by moooo99 on Saturday November 27, 2021 @07:10AM (#29359564)
Thank you for sharing, thats actually quite impressive!

The numbers I found for Germany seem to support my initial comment at least from a German point of view. The median software developer salary in Germany is €62k ($70k) [0]. Seeing that high of a median in the US is quite impressive. Do high salaries like those usually include benefits like healthcare?

[0] (German) https://web.arbeitsagentur.de/entgeltatlas/beruf/15260?alter...

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Re:EU tech sector fights for a Level Playing Field with Micr... by topkai22 on Saturday November 27, 2021 @12:03PM (#29361570)
Yes, those salaries will generally include by health insurance- the overwhelming majority of full time US workers do have access to health insurance through thier employer (https://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/ebs2.pdf). The number tends to go higher as you get out of low wage, low margin industries like food service.

Many employers (and probably most direct employers of software engineers) will also offer additional benefits like subsidized tax advantage retirement savings plans (401k's, very common), wellness/fitness programs (common, but varied in extent), or subsidized stock purchase programs (less common.) Those benefits can easily add up to an extra 5-10% of income.

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