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> Salary is like 15-20% of costs

That really, really depends on your business model. For most software companies it’s much higher than that (especially if you factor in stock based comp)

> Everyone wonders why healthcare sucks and labor laws are horrible in the US.

I’m not sure that’s connected. Salaries for tech workers are higher because of much higher demand than in Europe, if it was easy to get a green card.. that would change.

Also not sure what does this have to do with healthcare? Americans and American companies especially (since in Europe you have to cover most of the costs through taxes or insurance yourself) spend much more on healthcare than Europeans do.

and anyway, the US healthcare system seems like a great deal when you earn 200-300k+, much better to pay (or have your employer pay) a fixed fee than ~10% of your income.