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Asia? That salary? Dream on
Exactly! 150k is definitely not normal, not even in Europe.
it's no really easy to compare both as in often in Europe your salary includes healthcare and other stuff whereas in USA it's all cash and you have to pay for everything/nothing is included
but still, it looks like a lot even if you remove everything
It's very easy to compare. In France the average salary for a dev would be 50k. I don't think my healthcare and retirement costs 100k. The highest you could reach if you're lucky would be 70/80k but it's for very specific companies.
Is it really that different between neighboring countries? I’ve seen job listings for 170 in the Netherlands and Switzerland.
Definitely. France is a country where everything is heavily taxed. I don't remember the percentage but, approximately, when I earn 3k, my employer must pay 3k in taxes on top of it.
The best salary I've ever seen for a developer was 70k a year, but it is restricted to companies like Microsoft or IBM.