| Which scenario are we talking about here? Is it: You live in a poor country making $50k-$100k, and the US devs are making $100-200k. You live in a poor country and get paid sub $30-50k, and US gets paid $100k+? I used to live in Ecuador, and the “official” min wage monthly is ~$300USD/mo. So essentially you can hire a full time nanny, cook, etc for sub $1200 easy. That’s never going to happen in the US with less than $400k+. So in US 150k+ is top 20% of income or there abouts. But in a random poor country, $100k+ is probably top 0.01%, right? What am I missing here? Also what is your skill level and could you quickly replace this job with another at the same or higher rate? Lastly, if you really want to move, there’s 30+ countries you could move to in the interim if you really wanted out of your country. Canada is relatively simple, there’s tons of Caribbean islands that can grant you citizenship for sub $200k, which you can then use to travel freely without visa restrictions globally. Same with EU countries like Malta etc. |
It's top 8% (92th percentile) according to: https://dqydj.com/income-percentile-calculator/