what overall monthly expenses look like in the USA. I moved to the UK 4 years ago dreaming western earnings and independence. I left a great job offer 30k usd in INDIA from Oracle as principal DevOps engineer with 8yoe in 2017 December. In 2018, I had to take 50k GBP as it is my first offer in england, recruiter low balled really. All Britishounds, Now I'm on 57k + pension 8k + bonus 8k
4years in the UK, evaluating an offer of 95k + 10% pension + 15%bonus over all 118k.
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It all depends on where you are moving in US. 118k is okay away from the coasts and Chicago. If you’re in or close to any major metro area, 118k could be a tough swing, especially if you’re the sole bread winner. UK might be better…

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It's 118k £. I'm living in the UK.
Betting on future possibility of moving to different countries. So I'm trying to stay informed. Thanks for your comments

Is expense the only factor? UK has a much better quality of life then US, especially if you have a family.
Anyway, since you asked, expect your medical expenses to be much higher and education is way more expensive in the US than UK. It depends on how big your family is, the bigger the family the higher the cost.

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Thanks for your reply. We are a family of four. I understand the medical and school facilities here. school , the best. Medical, it has its own shortcomings.
Money is not the only factor, but it does help for sure to uplift the lifestyle. The weather here is a bit gloomy. Summer is probably for 2 odd months. I like rain , but not throughout the year.
I like cold weather , but it's too sad here.
I am not complaining, but evaluating how I can provide better. My wife also works just the same style of work as me.

Expenses differ wildly in the US depending on where you live. 118k in a major city like NY or Austin for a family of four is tough if you’re the only one earning, but in a city like St. Louis it will go farther. As someone from the US I’d stay in the UK right now. US is not really the place to be, a lot of issues with uncontrolled violence in the cities it’s especially been scary here in NYC. Women’s rights are not in a good place either.

Summer has been pretty miserable here past few years. Depending on where you live the cold isn’t much better here. It doesn’t rain a lot but that causes problems with drought and fires so…really pick your poison. It’s not as great here as you think it is.

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Thanks for the insights. Violence was the biggest reason for me avoiding the US a few years ago.
But looking at the money, TV shows 🙂,
Technology top innovation happening there , I was tempted.
I'm evaluating options for the distant future. That's all.

My question is I have to propose a plan for my family to move to the USA or Canada after getting PR here in the UK. I might get one in 3 years. What are the overall monthly expenses. I know SRE and DEvOps have great growth in coming years and the Compensation I'm seeing in the job postings are super tempting.

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