Did anyone here take a serious paycut to exit the US market to move to EU in consulting?

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Also, US salaries are so inflated. Every tom, dick and harry makes 100k

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It's a bit of a no brainer, the opportunity to live somewhere else trumps the American buy buy buy push. I spend way less money in Europe than in America. So much less advertising and in your face brainwashing to make you spend on unnecessary things.

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Which city are you in? Which city did you move from?

My friend did this and he regrets it. It’s nice to go to Europe for vacation or after retirement.

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Salary taxes:
>30% (US) vs. ≈51% (France), gives you an idea.

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May want to skip that move at the moment

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Took a 50% cut. But couldn’t be happier. I feel like a finally belong somewhere now

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Where did you move to? And where from?

Yes, me, but not in consulting. I found a job that paid more than consulting, but it was still a big pay cut.

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I am curious do y‘all just look at your salary when talking about pay cuts? I mean the absolute amount is lower in Europe but so are cost of living, healthcare expenses, just about everything except gas… COL in Germany in a top city is probably about a third to half of NYC. I transferred to NYC with the same company and while I probably save more right now in terms of absolute value I also adjusted my lifestyle a lot. Not going out to lunch/dinner every day anymore, not getting coffee 2x a day, traveling less.

Did your salary get increased when transferring to US? By what %?

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