[Alupis]

While that may be true, both Canadian Dollars and German (Well, EU) Euros both have a lot more buying power than the Rupee, and are more in-line with the Dollar. 1 Euro as of today is $1.26 USD. So someone getting paid 25 Euros an hour in Germany will get $31.50 USD per hour here.

In India, some googling of job postings has led me to believe the average software engineer makes about 500,000 Rupees a year. That's only $8,173 USD a year. (A nice 2 bedroom apartment is about $80-$90 USD a month in India)

Economies are totally different, which is why there appears to be a large gap in compensation.

[rtx]

A livable 2bhk will cost you around $280 dollars. However if you want to buy it will cost you north $100,000.

[Alupis]

Your price seem to be more in-line with a 3 bedroom apartment (although admittedly I was a little soft in my numbers)

http://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/country_result.jsp?coun...