[perneto]

No. The UK has some of the worst tech wages in Europe, esp. on a cost-of-living adjusted basis. Switzerland is on par or better than the US. Other countries fall on a spectrum in between.

FYI this isn't limited to Europe; Canada also pays much lower than the US. (The Seattle vs Vancouver comparison is especially striking). Elsewhere, Singapore is comparable to Switzerland and the US. I'm not sure about NZ and Australia.

[ska]

For that matter, the parts of the US that aren't the bay area, Seattle, NYC ... pay a lot less than the parts that are. The tech scene in Canada is much smaller, but pay seems similar to "the rest of US", for the most part. Perhaps a little better if you adjust for health care,etc. but I suspect it's a wash.

So is this really a Canada [or wherever] vs. US comparison, or large US tech-hub vs. everywhere else comparison?