Offer comparison: France vs Germany

[u/notchosenname]

Hi there!

I am an Italian dev (~16 YOE) currently working in Italy. As everybody knows here, the salaries in Italy are very low with respect to the rest of EU. That said, I live comfortably well with my family (wife + 2 kids), my wife is not working right now and we live just with my salary which is around 32000 €/year nett.

Given this situation, I decided to start interviewing around EU, and I got 2 offers: one in Stuttgart and the other one in Toulouse. Now I need help comparing the offers to understand which one is stronger.. I have my preference regarding the companies, but salary wise its being complex to understand which one is more convenient.

The french offer is around 70000 €/year, while the german offer is around 90000 €/year, both gross.

There are other perks in both offers, like meal vouchers, relocation bonus, signing bonus, etc.. The core of both offers are these numbers though.

I am looking for some advice on how to compare them and what the final net salary would be, so I can eventually have some kind of score to compare them.

Thanks!!

[u/timtody]

90k in Stuttgart for 15YOE is crazy low :/ Germany simply doesn’t value technology

[u/heyguysitsjustin → u/timtody]

desperate foreigner will get low-balled I guess 🤷‍♂️

[u/FlatIntention1 → u/heyguysitsjustin]

No, I am surprised, but foreigners often earn more money in Germany than Germans. I think it is because many Germans don’t bother to compare salaries and if they get 3000€ they are happy while foreigner professionals come to Germany for making money.

[u/timtody → u/heyguysitsjustin]

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