[shafyy]

If you look at engineering salaries in Germany, 90-100k is what you pay for a senior engineer or PM, not a mid-level one.

[vaidhy]

Salary is not the same as paying a contractor. So, while salaries for senior engineers is 100k, as a contractor they might be charging 150K per year ($75/hr).

[shafyy]

Yes, true.