Where better to live programmer. Compare 9 countries
I bring to your attention a summary table-comparison, code-named “The best country for a programmer,” which I prepared with the help of IT-bloggers from different countries. The list includes Germany , USA, Spain , Canada , Australia and Austria , and also added England, Switzerland and the Netherlands to the list.
In this article, countries were compared by the following parameters:
1. Programmers salaries
2. Taxes
3. Cost of living
4. Social security
5. IT market development
Also in our video collaboration on YouTube, each blogger also talked about the relocation possibilities and integration difficulties that exist for an IT specialist in a particular country, but I didn’t think how to display these items in tabular form (see links to the video below).
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Do not take everything described in the article as a scientific study, treat the data as an outline of the overall picture.
At this point the lyrics end and the numbers begin.
* The data for the query “Software Developer / Engineer” is taken from Glassdoor.com, Indeed.com, PayScale.com.
* All salaries are converted from local currencies to US dollars at the current exchange rate for March 19, 2018.
* This is a very simplified table, so I will make a few explanations. All countries from the list use a progressive tax system, which means that the more salary, the more tax. In Germany, Canada, the United States and Switzerland, payroll taxes vary by region. The presence of a spouse, children, availability of loans, certain expenses and some other factors in most countries can significantly reduce the taxpayer rate.
* In England, income tax of 20% is applied to a salary in the range of 45-150k, with a salary of more than 150k pounds, you have to pay 40% already.
* For the Netherlands, the table shows the amount of income tax using the “30% rule”, according to which 30% of the salary of a highly qualified foreign specialist are not taxed. The tax on the balance is calculated on a standard scale and in our case is 42%.
* The cost of living in different cities is very individual: someone is ready to live in a grandmother’s apartment on the outskirts and there is a “nobility”, and the other does not agree less than on a penthouse in the city center. The most objective thing I could think of was to show you a rating from Numbeo.com , and apply the proposed living standard index to the average salary obtained in the table above.
* Data taken from Startup Rankin .
* In many countries, local companies mainly cover the IT market.
* The table shows the offices of large IT-companies not by their presence as such, but by the presence of open IT-vacancies (more than 10) and the presence of a development department in this office.
* in the USA (in Silicon Valley in particular), IT companies often increase their employees' vacations from the second year onwards.
* I added Russia to the table to make it easier for you to compare.
Another important point of social security is medicine, but it is rather difficult to reveal it briefly. Of the countries listed in the list, the best free medical coverage in England, and in the US, only people with incomes below the set minimum can get free medical services. IT professionals are paid much more than this minimum.
If you want to know more about any of the countries, welcome to YouTube channels:
Germany - Senior Software Vlogger
Canada - Two In Canoe
USA - ProgBlog TV
Spain - Pavel Savinov
Austria - Austria Online (RuViennaVoice)
Australia - Sydney Online
In this article, countries were compared by the following parameters:
1. Programmers salaries
2. Taxes
3. Cost of living
4. Social security
5. IT market development
Also in our video collaboration on YouTube, each blogger also talked about the relocation possibilities and integration difficulties that exist for an IT specialist in a particular country, but I didn’t think how to display these items in tabular form (see links to the video below).
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Do not take everything described in the article as a scientific study, treat the data as an outline of the overall picture.
At this point the lyrics end and the numbers begin.
* The data for the query “Software Developer / Engineer” is taken from Glassdoor.com, Indeed.com, PayScale.com.
* All salaries are converted from local currencies to US dollars at the current exchange rate for March 19, 2018.
* This is a very simplified table, so I will make a few explanations. All countries from the list use a progressive tax system, which means that the more salary, the more tax. In Germany, Canada, the United States and Switzerland, payroll taxes vary by region. The presence of a spouse, children, availability of loans, certain expenses and some other factors in most countries can significantly reduce the taxpayer rate.
* In England, income tax of 20% is applied to a salary in the range of 45-150k, with a salary of more than 150k pounds, you have to pay 40% already.
* For the Netherlands, the table shows the amount of income tax using the “30% rule”, according to which 30% of the salary of a highly qualified foreign specialist are not taxed. The tax on the balance is calculated on a standard scale and in our case is 42%.
* The cost of living in different cities is very individual: someone is ready to live in a grandmother’s apartment on the outskirts and there is a “nobility”, and the other does not agree less than on a penthouse in the city center. The most objective thing I could think of was to show you a rating from Numbeo.com , and apply the proposed living standard index to the average salary obtained in the table above.
* Data taken from Startup Rankin .
* In many countries, local companies mainly cover the IT market.
* The table shows the offices of large IT-companies not by their presence as such, but by the presence of open IT-vacancies (more than 10) and the presence of a development department in this office.
* in the USA (in Silicon Valley in particular), IT companies often increase their employees' vacations from the second year onwards.
* I added Russia to the table to make it easier for you to compare.
Another important point of social security is medicine, but it is rather difficult to reveal it briefly. Of the countries listed in the list, the best free medical coverage in England, and in the US, only people with incomes below the set minimum can get free medical services. IT professionals are paid much more than this minimum.
If you want to know more about any of the countries, welcome to YouTube channels:
Germany - Senior Software Vlogger
Canada - Two In Canoe
USA - ProgBlog TV
Spain - Pavel Savinov
Austria - Austria Online (RuViennaVoice)
Australia - Sydney Online
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/352718/
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