Do you have actual comps for Jackson vs Amsterdam?
Those happen to be two places my best friend has lived and worked and… 20 years ago at least Jackson paid much better than Amsterdam.
Europe just really has a low ceiling on pay, across the board.
Those happen to be two places my best friend has lived and worked and… 20 years ago at least Jackson paid much better than Amsterdam.
Europe just really has a low ceiling on pay, across the board.
The main difference would probably be income tax, which means post-tax salaries in NL can be lower than MS
[0] - https://www.levels.fyi/t/software-engineer/locations/jackson...
[1] - https://www.levels.fyi/t/software-engineer/locations/greater...
Also the levels.fyi data for both Amsterdam and Jackson is regional (hence why data about Vicksburg is included).
> My dad was pulling $100k in port Gibson as a systems engineer and that was a couple of decades ago
Oh wow that's good money even today.
[0] - https://www.expat.hsbc.com/expat-explorer/expat-guides/nethe...
Oh, that makes sense!
> Vicksburg also has waterways, but you don’t get many tech job centers
The Army Corp of Engineer's primary R&D center is in Vicksburg, so most devs are DoD employees (good gig tbh).
> Clinton was hotter before Worldcom imploded
Ah that makes sense. I didn't realize they were HQed there - they probably could have done wonders like Centurylink did for a lot of Louisiana.