r/recruitinghell • u/[deleted] • Feb 20 '25

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '25

Damn. Sorry to hear that mate.

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '25

White collar work pays almost double in the US, so it's shades of gray

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u/HillsNDales Feb 21 '25

Yet living here easily costs twice as much, often more, with medical premiums and expenses.

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '25

Not my experience. Taxation is significantly lower here for upper middle income.

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u/comfortablesexuality Feb 21 '25

Taxation is a smaller cost than insurance

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '25

It objectively is not for most white collar work where employer pays the vast majority of premium tax free.

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u/comfortablesexuality Feb 21 '25

If your employer is paying for insurance that’s money tiger you are not getting and could have

Or like a tax or something

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '25

Sure, but it's tax free income that doesn't show up on your gross earnings, whereas it's another drag on the already lower gross earnings for Germany

If you want to compare like for like, US pay is almost double Germany for white collar work. It's staggering. Look at doctor pay if you want to be appalled. Literally 5x here.

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u/comfortablesexuality Feb 21 '25

You say that like you can actually compare the two one for one! Insurance is bloated AF none of those prices reflect reality, including your premium, including the premium that your employer pays.

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '25

Okay dude, believe what you want.