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Re:U.S. GDP grew at a 4.9% annual pace in the third quarter,... by yodsanklai on Thursday October 26, 2023 @04:13PM (#38031112)
Working for a Google/Meta as an L5 engineer in Europe take you in the 160-200K league. This would be 300-350K in NYC/Bay area for the same role and company. Considering living expenses and more vacation in Europe, it's not that different. A difference though is that you have many more opportunities in the US to match FAANG Salary than you have in let say France or Germany.
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Re:U.S. GDP grew at a 4.9% annual pace in the third quarter,... by mcntsh on Thursday October 26, 2023 @04:24PM (#38031253)
Ironically, these salaries are really mostly only attainable working for American companies. Some facts for anyone reading:

- 350k is like 200k net in CA

- 200k is ~110k net in Germany

- ~90k post-tax difference

- Germany: 25 days PTO min

- Meta: 25-30 days PTO min

- Google: 20 days PTO min

Considering COL differences, you'd probably save 40-50k more in the US than Germany with these numbers. Maybe it's not significant enough to lose the EU lifestyle bonuses but it's also not nothing.

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