[philjohn]

Depends, my base is higher than that range, and there are other benefits to working in the UK - stronger employment laws, free health service, excellent public transport that sees real investment ... and of course the holidays.

Just looking at salary is comparing apples to oranges.

[mahyarm]

You get health care as part of your compensation, cars are very cheap, and public transit is decent enough in SF and NYC. If you work somewhere like apple, you get 2 weeks + 3 weeks of 'mandatory' vacation (thanksgiving & 2 weeks of christmas), and other larger tech companies offer generous parental leave.

On top of that, you get paid double or triple. If your sick, you just say, 'i'm sick' and either WFH if it's minor and you don't want to infect the office. Or not work at all if it's major enough

[em500]

I'm not just looking at salary, I'm saying that the perks that phillc73 was asking for (4-5 weeks annual leave, sick leave, parental leave) do not come cheap.

[xiphias]

4-5 weeks + sick leave is mandantory in all countries of EU actually (even in countries of Eastern Europe)

[em500]

Not sure what the point of your reply is. I know lots of the EU perks are mandated. That's one of the things that makes Europeans have less take home pay than Americans (hence my comment "do not come cheap"). No value judgement here, US and western Europe are all democracies so these are the manifest choices of their citizens.