So as long as a US job pays 18k more, it's pretty similar.
People talk about vacation, but my job pays so much I'll take months off between contracts. (Engineering)
Also it's hard to compare lifestyles in the US vs Europe. Homes in the US are gigantic, often newish, and have Air Conditioning. Cars in the United States are more feature rich and have higher safety standards (when I was an airbag engineer in 2015)