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by pjerem 1109 days ago
70k in Europe is totally comparable to 100k in US though and is a pretty comfortable salary in Europe.

Even if life is a little more expensive in Europe, you don’t need as much emergency savings as in the US.

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Tax system in Europe is also a lot more complicated with many loopholes.

In Belgium, almost every white collar job has a company car included, since it's much much cheaper than for an individual to buy one.

> 70k in Europe is totally comparable to 100k in US

Where in the US? It's a massive country with a huge regional variation in cost of living.

The EU is also vast with huge variations. I think it’s a general, average comparison.
I'm not sold on that over the long term. Many western European countries have rough economic outlooks due to their terrible demographics.