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Re:Ask HN: How come YC startups offering <80k$/year? by jacquesm on Tuesday May 30, 2023 @08:47AM (#36124188)
North of $70K is still a ways away from $100K+ and I'd love to see which companies we're talking about here because that's not the news that reaches me from Spain. Rather the opposite.
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Re:Ask HN: How come YC startups offering <80k$/year? by hef19898 on Tuesday May 30, 2023 @08:53AM (#36124258)
Once you accept the fact that single income families don't afford real estate ownership, 70k is easily sufficient for a comfortable life. Again, assuming it is a double income household. It is so for the high price region in Southern Germany around Munich.
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Re:Ask HN: How come YC startups offering <80k$/year? by pjerem on Tuesday May 30, 2023 @09:02AM (#36124369)
70k in Europe is totally comparable to 100k in US though and is a pretty comfortable salary in Europe.

Even if life is a little more expensive in Europe, you don’t need as much emergency savings as in the US.

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Re:Ask HN: How come YC startups offering <80k$/year? by 908B64B197 on Tuesday May 30, 2023 @12:17PM (#36126664)
Tax system in Europe is also a lot more complicated with many loopholes.

In Belgium, almost every white collar job has a company car included, since it's much much cheaper than for an individual to buy one.

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Re:Ask HN: How come YC startups offering <80k$/year? by throwaway6734 on Tuesday May 30, 2023 @01:34PM (#36127814)
I'm not sold on that over the long term. Many western European countries have rough economic outlooks due to their terrible demographics.
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Re:Ask HN: How come YC startups offering <80k$/year? by HeyLaughingBoy on Tuesday May 30, 2023 @02:33PM (#36128652)
> 70k in Europe is totally comparable to 100k in US

Where in the US? It's a massive country with a huge regional variation in cost of living.

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Re:Ask HN: How come YC startups offering <80k$/year? by Nanana909 on Tuesday May 30, 2023 @02:46PM (#36128854)
The EU is also vast with huge variations. I think it’s a general, average comparison.
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