Seattle salaries: https://www.levels.fyi/Salaries/Software-Engineer/Greater-Se...
Switzerland salaries: https://www.levels.fyi/Salaries/Software-Engineer/Switzerlan...
Cost-of-living Seattle vs. Zurich: https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/compare_cities.jsp?cou...
Income tax burden in Seattle @200k p.a. was 26.28% in 2019: https://smartasset.com/taxes/income-taxes#qWHU75h5ug
Income tax burden in Zurich @200k p.a. was 20.41% in 2019: https://swisstaxcalculator.estv.admin.ch/#/taxburden/income-...
So you "pay" 8% of purchasing power to get everything I mentioned (plus socialized health care but let's not go there).
Seattle salaries: https://www.levels.fyi/Salaries/Software-Engineer/Greater-Se...
Switzerland salaries: https://www.levels.fyi/Salaries/Software-Engineer/Switzerlan...
Cost-of-living Seattle vs. Zurich: https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/compare_cities.jsp?cou...
Income tax burden in Seattle @200k p.a. was 26.28% in 2019: https://smartasset.com/taxes/income-taxes#qWHU75h5ug
Income tax burden in Zurich @200k p.a. was 20.41% in 2019: https://swisstaxcalculator.estv.admin.ch/#/taxburden/income-...
So you "pay" 8% of purchasing power to get everything I mentioned (plus socialized health care but let's not go there).