[konha]

> As far as I know, this salary wouldn't attract strong talent even in medium cost-of-living countries (like Portugal/Spain).

That’s a very typical salary range for developers in most parts of Europe. If your definition of “strong talent” means competing with top of market pay (FAANG etc) you’re right though.

[qwytw]

80k$ salary in any European country is way more than 80k if you add the 10-30% of taxes paid by the company which are shown on the payslip and all the other benefits. In total that should be paid way more than being the 80k you'd get working as a contractor for an US startup with no employment protection and/or severance pay.