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Re:London became the rest of the startup capital by dukeyukey on Wednesday January 28, 2026 @05:43PM (#46802709)
According to levels.fyi London is basically the best paying non-US city, I think maybe beaten by some Swiss cities.
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Re:London became the rest of the startup capital by roryirvine on Thursday January 29, 2026 @05:57AM (#46808441)
I've always found levels.fyi to be a little pessimistic for the UK when compared with commercially-available benchmarking services.

I suspect it's because people on PAYE tend to think of their basic salary + bonus + income tax, but disregard NICS, pension, paid holidays, and other benefits. They end up reporting a total package that's 10-20% lower than it actually is.

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