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NZ pay in general is very poor compared to other developed countries in my opinion.

When you compare SF tech salaries to NZ tech salaries it's just ridiculous though. I would say SF TC is 4x or more than NZ salaries (Stock grants are not common) for similar positions.

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SF salaries are ridiculous compared to anywhere else. Not even Switzerland can compare. The only places where you can earn just as much as you do in SF is consulting anywhere in the rich world or those few positions in Chinese megacities.

I am actually surprised SF did not lower salaries exactly for this because there's nowhere else to go if you want to at least keep your SF salary.

If you put the average software developers salary in NZ into USD you get $50211.93.

From https://www.payscale.com/research/NZ/Job=Software_Engineer/S...

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