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thejdude on Sept 23, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: Tech salary insights from 1.2M foreign worker visa...

Yes, but healthcare is a few 100 bucks a month, which we pay too, only for us it's mandatory by government.

Vacation sounds like a real problem, but it seems like you could circumvent that by going freelance and just taking off x days a year between projects.

untog on Sept 23, 2014 | [–]

Well, on a visa you certainly can't.

pessimizer on Sept 23, 2014 | [–]

Germany and the US do not pay the same amount for health care (regardless of who is responsible for actually sending the check.)

http://www.statista.com/statistics/215502/per-capita-health-...

thejdude on Sept 23, 2014 | [–]

Not on average, but it's ~15% of your salary in Germany, so a high-income person pays a lot (it's capped at a certain level though).

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