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None of the answers above come close to evening out the salary differences between the US and the UK and cost of living London is higher than most US cities. Feel free to DM me.
The luck point is real. If something goes wrong at work in the UK you have three months severance. If you get seriously ill, the most you'll pay for your treatment is some bad coffee from a hospital vending machine.
Very true. There is definitely more work security and having had one kid in the US and one kid in the UK, it was nice not being handed a five figure bill on the way out of the hospital.
@seniorcreative2 The cost of living in London is not as high as NYC or parts of Cali, rent is significantly cheaper unless you are living directly in parts of Zone1 & then it’s comparable. I paid $3k a month to share with a roommate in Hells Kitchen a couple years ago. My rent in London now is £1.2k for a 2bed on my own (zone 2/3). A glass of wine is £8 compared to $16 + tip. A decent meal costs anything from £30, the theatre is from £25, I couldn’t get a decent meal in NY for less than $60 + tip and the theatre not less than $75 so quite a big difference I would say. Groceries are significantly cheaper weekly shop in NY $100+ for me alone, here £75 for two.
Yikes. $3k a month to share in Hells Kitchen could be be the problem and that $16 glass of wine better have been good. I think your NY US theatre estimate is low but the point is you get paid enough in the US to compensate for all that where as bringing home 30-60% less in London means take-away and a night in watching reruns of The Chase. Just imagine if we weren’t talking about NY or San Francisco and you were still making almost double your London salary in Chicago, Denver or Portland. This isn’t a US vs UK thing. I love the UK, or I wouldn’t be here but the salaries are shit and I’m always surprised when we try and pretend it’s fine.
Well we don't have to Tip...we just pay people a salary, we have free healthcare, which looks like it makes up a lot of US outgoings, our cost of living is lower, our rents are lower...our alcohol is cheaper, our food is cheaper. But this is all before the calamatious Fuck Pig that is Brexit is taking it's real effect...either way you notice the difference too much https://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/100214/what-cost-living-difference-between-us-and-uk.asp#:~:text=Overall%2C%20the%20cost%20of%20living,lifestyle%20in%20New%20York%20City.
I paid way more taxes when I lived in California than I do in the U.K. And didn’t get much to show for it.
Clients spend considerably less on advertising. It’s a substantially smaller market.
The UK is smaller yes, but many Global clients are based out of the UK and we get a lot of that budget...it's only media spend that I have seen higher - fees are similar.
I live in NY and make $187k. My rent is $1.2k. I live alone. I can easily save $5k/month. My job in London is maybe £100k? I also don’t spent $75k a year on healthcare. My job pays for it. It’s prob $175/month.
The difference is, in the UK, the top of society pays for the bottom. In America, if you’re homeless, what are your treatment options? In America, if you’re lucky and employed, you make pretty much double.
We have our healthcare, pension etc paid through our taxes/ national insurance. You don’t so you have to cover that somehow
Healthcare is free. You have more tax free or tax advantaged options for saving money. Rents and mortgage rates are lower. The basics of life, from broadband to gym membership, to a gallon of milk, are cheaper.
You make that much as an ACD? Where can I apply? You live alone for 1.2K? What’s the landlord’s number?
Average ACD salary in NYC when I was there 5 years ago was between 130 - 165k.
It's like investing. When you are in the US your risk profile is higher — you earn more, but have a moderately serious health issue and you can go bankrupt. That won't happen here (I'm not a big fan of the NHS but is still miles away from anything private). Also, there are homeless people, it's a liberal country, but we don't have micro towns of 20k people living on the streets. And have in mind that a pound is almost double a dollar nowadays btw.
Right- the whole it’s a better country to be born into the top 50% thing.
Different standard of living? I was born in Eastern Europe, salaries are even lower there.
I honestly have no idea. Most cities in Germany pay better. And so does Amsterdam.