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Re:The euro has tumbled near parity to the US dollar by poorlyknit on Monday July 11, 2022 @07:32PM (#32063564)
The German calculator (quite transparently) prices in {pension,health,unemployment} insurance. Still a ~10k difference favoring Cali but it shouldn't be left unsaid.
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Re:The euro has tumbled near parity to the US dollar by acchow on Monday July 11, 2022 @08:36PM (#32064118)
The calculator I used also includes a little bit of pension (called Social Security) beginning at age 62+, but it's not very much compared to what you put in. It is quite a bit different from a typical pension plan. The maximum you can get from social security today is $3345/mth.

As for health and unemployment insurance, both of those are paid for by the employer in the US.

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