Or rather why Europe pays so bad.

I wonder whats the reason behind many american companies being able to pay 200-400kusd a year while its hard to get past 100k usd in the richer countries of Europe (Germany, Scandinavia, UK, etc.). A junior in USA gets more than a senior in Europe. And after 10 years the american may get 2-4x the salary of the european counterpart. In contrast life in USA is often even cheaper.

  • Are european companies greedy?
  • Are european companies less competitive?
  • Are the high taxes and equality in Europe pushing companies to not try harder to reward talent while USA rewards the high performers as they can see the benefits it brings?
  • CodeBlooded@programming.devEnglish
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    1 year ago

    many american companies being able to pay 200-400k usd a year while its hard to get past 100k usd in the richer countries of Europe

    The way you word this makes it sound like it would be the opposite of “hard” to achieve 200k-400k in the United States.

    What has convinced you that 200k-400k is some sort of average developer pay in the United States?