[shiroiuma]

The pay (for tech jobs) isn't that bad compared to other peer nations. It's bad everywhere, compared to the US, where salaries are much, much higher than pretty much everyplace else, except possibly Switzerland.

However, the cost of living is much lower in Japan than in the large tech-hub cities in the US (and probably even mid-tier cities). Life in the US is really expensive these days.

[sureglymop]

Compared to the US, tech salaries in Switzerland are pretty bad unless you work for a big US tech company that has their hq here.

However, salaries in general are high. Tech salaries are just not significantly higher like in the US.