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by mickeyben 4640 days ago
Don't know about that.

According to Glassdor the average salary is about €39k[1]. In my experience a "good" salary for a french engineer is between €42-50k. Housing isn't cheap in Paris - count about 12k-18k for 430-650 sqft. Going out isn't cheap either.

I've lived a year in SF and had definitely a better [salary]/[cost of life]. It was 5 years ago though.

1. http://www.glassdoor.com/Salaries/france-engineer-salary-SRC...