[laurentb]

worth baring in mind that there's a lot of extra paid by the employer on top of the "gross" salary someone gets in Europe (especially in France) that someone in the US would have to cover by himself (hence why i't typical to see double that amount for someone in the US).

[a_humean]

I'm pretty sure once you cost out everything from taxes, health insurance, housing, etc.. whether business or personal costs an equivalent developer in say Paris will have much less disposable income and overall assets than one in SF.

[maccard]

I've posted this reply numerous times here but a junior dev in San Francisco on 120k, after paying taxes and rent has more left over than a mid level engineer in the UK makes in gross pay.

[dan-robertson]

See graph here: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Payroll_tax

Though rates probably depend on income so maybe the graph only gives a rough idea (e.g. top taxpayer rates probably higher in Europe and higher rates may kick in earlier in Europe.)

[cosmodisk]

In quite a few European countries it's really not that much on top it. UK is the primary example of it.

[jimnotgym]

Employers national insurance is basically 13.8% on top of salary in the Uk up top some limit.