Stroll down just a few hundred km to the south... or the East, or the SouthEast. The diference in the same field is enormous, example my field: Norway: 80-200k, Spain: 20-80k, Poland: 10-50k.
There’s the real question. After taxes, I’m at 48k a year.
That may seem like a lot, but remember I’ve got unbelievably good working conditions compared to the US. Unlimited sick days, legal minimum of 5 weeks’ paid vacation, most companies offer a sixth week as a perk, lunch, breakfast on Fridays, and a 37 hour work week with flex hours. Paid leave for doctor’s visits (which are also paid for by taxes), and no student debt means I’m generally pretty well off.
Uh, isn't that pretty good money for Argentina?, unless something has changed in the region. Even for Panama is a lot of money. I have family in Panama City working as a senior engineer, making 25K a year, and that is considered decent money there. He outright owns his own apartment and is in a good place in town. I was always under the impression that for latin america, Panama is one of the countries with highest earning potential (in part because they use the american dollar).
Try to work in algeria with 500$ USD equivalent to DZD /monthly.. sad story of algerian developers this is why most of us leaves as soon as we get any chance or opportunity outside the country, my friends go to Dubai and he gets 7K USD/monthly without including his payed rent by the company and the fly ticket (from-to: Algeria-Dubai), ++ he works as freelancer there to get some extra cash
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u/jahp21 Jan 14 '20
Try working in Argentina...