[usrnm]

Another gentle reminder that the Netherlands has a 50% income tax (for swe salaries, at least) and a number of other non-trivial taxes like a wealth tax. I personally know people who found Dubai an interesting alternative to Amsterdam.

[dns_snek]

No, it's 50% marginal income tax rate on income over 75k EUR. With a median SWE salary of ~85k EUR you would be taking home 55k a year, that's an effective tax rate of 35% [1]

And that's before we even start talking about what kind of life that country and salary affords you, i.e. the thing that people actually care about, and not just materialistically but also culturally.

[1] https://thetax.nl/?income=85000&startFrom=Year&selectedYear=...

[BoredPositron]

Ah yes... Dubai. The obvious alternative for people from the Netherlands that want to stay in the Netherlands.

[usrnm]

People from the Netherlands who want to stay in the Netherlands have nothing to do with the US work visa which is being discussed in this thread

[BoredPositron]

Edit:

op

>>that prefer to stay there

you

>>Dubai an interesting alternative to Amsterdam.

The inherent problem with your last sentence is that Dubai is not in the Netherlands.

[usrnm]

I've written it, I know exactly what it says. And see no contradiction