[EnglishInFrance]

Let me know if you find reliable numbers.

The French culture on this is very different, people simply don't talk about money and salary.

I found a starting salary survey in a business magazine that indicated graduates of the top 5 engineering schools are getting about 40-55K/year

[devilsbabe]

I just graduated from Ecole Centrale Paris, usually second on engineering school rankings after Ecole Polytechnique. I found a job in web development in a small startup in November and am making ~45k a year.

[user5994461]

40-45 for master's degree from a very few select schools, like the one from the OP. (Think of it as an equivalent of MIT/standford/harvard. Only a few hundreds lucky people get out of there every year).

35-40k for master's degree from everywhere else.

If you don't have a master's just forget about it ^^

[geoka9]

Gross or take-home?

[raitom]

Gross. We always talk about gross salary in France.

[geoka9]

Yes, we do too. Was just making sure.

[Joky]

France has multiple level of "after-taxes" compared to the US though.

[kchoudhu]

Can't be any worse than the Federal, State, City, property tax nightmare US residents in desirable locations (NYC, SF, LA) deal with.