Ask HN: Remote salary headroom? (non US based)

#1

Post by throwaway000981 » Sun, Oct 17, 2021, 1:50 PM UTC

Hey folks,

Curious to see what folks are earning if they are working remotely and not located in the US or Canada. Totally fine if you're working for a company located in either of those countries though as long as you don't reside there.

I'm asking because as an engineer in the EU I've been consistently hitting a limit of around $200k whilst working for US companies and haven't managed to break through that yet.

Re: Ask HN: Remote salary headroom? (non US based)

#2

Post by helltoheaven » Sun, Oct 17, 2021, 4:37 PM UTC

I work at US based company and I earn $900k. Remote work has been a boon to me.

Re: Ask HN: Remote salary headroom? (non US based)

#3

Post by jstx1 » Sun, Oct 17, 2021, 5:26 PM UTC

helltoheaven wrote: post #2

I work at US based company and I earn $900k. Remote work has been a boon to me.

Oh look, someone who makes more than 10 times what I make. All the talk about 10x developers turns out to be true after all.

Re: Ask HN: Remote salary headroom? (non US based)

#4

Post by throwaway000981 » Sun, Oct 17, 2021, 5:59 PM UTC

helltoheaven wrote: post #2

I work at US based company and I earn $900k. Remote work has been a boon to me.

Where do you reside?

Re: Ask HN: Remote salary headroom? (non US based)

#5

Post by Sanguinaire » Sun, Oct 17, 2021, 6:05 PM UTC

£100k base, about £175k all-in. Developer-adjacent role. Realistically I can only think of 5 companies globally which would pay this much while also being interested in my niche skillset.

Re: Ask HN: Remote salary headroom? (non US based)

#6

Post by sbacic » Sun, Oct 17, 2021, 6:07 PM UTC

helltoheaven wrote: post #2

I work at US based company and I earn $900k. Remote work has been a boon to me.

Out of curiosity, what do you do? Which tech stack? What does your employer do?

Re: Ask HN: Remote salary headroom? (non US based)

#7

Post by blaydator » Sun, Oct 17, 2021, 7:32 PM UTC

What is profile ? What do you do / specialize in ? For how long ?

Re: Ask HN: Remote salary headroom? (non US based)

#8

Post by giantg2 » Sun, Oct 17, 2021, 9:35 PM UTC

$200k is a lot for most positions in the US. The median for a US dev is about $105k. I'm not surprised if you're not seeing positions higher than that.

Re: Ask HN: Remote salary headroom? (non US based)

#9

Post by giantg2 » Sun, Oct 17, 2021, 9:36 PM UTC

helltoheaven wrote: post #2

I work at US based company and I earn $900k. Remote work has been a boon to me.

Can you shed some light on how you got to that level of compensation?

Re: Ask HN: Remote salary headroom? (non US based)

#10

Post by 48cfu » Sun, Oct 17, 2021, 10:25 PM UTC

Can someone suggested how I can find remote opportunity for a robotics+software engineer position with a salary of at least $150k while being based in Europe?