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Re: UX Designer Salaries Around the World

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Post by mrdrozdov »

cmrdporcupine wrote: post #26
mrdrozdov wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I believe it was secret from people that do not work at Google? But I may be mistaken.

Well yes, that would have been quite distasteful if said spreadsheet had made its way out of Google. But it was definitely not a secret internally.

I suppose I should have said the spreadsheet was passed around internally at Google, although never released to the public. This was a great example of ambiguity in language. Imagine being a computer trying to parse my original sentence.

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Post by socialist_coder »

ForHackernews wrote: post #2

Why does the US pay so much more than the UK? Are UK salaries just lower across the board?

This is a tough question. I'm American but living in Germany, and it's quite confusing to me when I look at local jobs and see how much lower the pay is, when compared to the US. I don't really get it.

But, I think most professional jobs are like that. Lawyers and Doctors also make far less in Europe than in the US.

I think that overall in Europe, there is a much less steep income curve as you advance your career, skills, or education. This is good for the majority of people, but bad for your typical HN'er.

The US really has no equal if all you care about is making a shitload of money.

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Post by Dirlewanger »

bargl wrote: post #4

I'd be interested to see these numbers compared to the benefits offered by companies in each country. I know that in a lot of European countries it is normal to get more time off, the government offers more benefits, etc. I say this because every time there is a thread saying, "X company just got this awesome benefit" someone always says, in Europe this is the norm. Edit: I also bring this up because I've seen compan…

That, and the income tax rate/whatever other country's equivalents are. A high salary doesn't mean a whole lot if your gross is less than half (well, maybe only to some people).

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Post by dreamfactory2 »

threefour wrote: post #6
ForHackernews wrote: post #2

Why does the US pay so much more than the UK? Are UK salaries just lower across the board?

I've been in UX for over 15 years, mostly in the U.S. and Germany, and I think looking at salary on the country level is the wrong level of granularity. For example, it's completely possible that salaries in London are higher than in New York or San Francisco, given the high cost of living in London. It could also be that there are more US-based UX people working in major US cities so that the average US salary looks…

> For example, it's completely possible that salaries in London are higher than in New York or San Francisco

I believe this is the case in tech

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Post by epicureanideal »

sirtastic wrote: post #20

Pretty much useless. Pay varies so widely depending on state/city for example avg developer pay in San Francisco compared to Sacramento (100 miles away) fluctuates 10-15k (if not more). It also begs to question how honest people are when answering? Is this base salary or salary after benefits/bonus? As others mentioned, cost of living? San Francisco's avg 1 bedroom price is around $3120 while Sacramento is around $10…

That would be a nice 1 bedroom in Sacramento (pool, sauna, tennis courts) vs a run-down place in SF.

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Post by kocsmy »

sirtastic wrote: post #20

Pretty much useless. Pay varies so widely depending on state/city for example avg developer pay in San Francisco compared to Sacramento (100 miles away) fluctuates 10-15k (if not more). It also begs to question how honest people are when answering? Is this base salary or salary after benefits/bonus? As others mentioned, cost of living? San Francisco's avg 1 bedroom price is around $3120 while Sacramento is around $10…

Here is the article for the website: http://thenextweb.com/dd/2015/09/30/how-much-do-ux-designers...

Re: UX Designer Salaries Around the World

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Post by deathanatos »

socialist_coder wrote: post #32
ForHackernews wrote: post #2

Why does the US pay so much more than the UK? Are UK salaries just lower across the board?

This is a tough question. I'm American but living in Germany, and it's quite confusing to me when I look at local jobs and see how much lower the pay is, when compared to the US. I don't really get it. But, I think most professional jobs are like that. Lawyers and Doctors also make far less in Europe than in the US. I think that overall in Europe, there is a much less steep income curve as you advance your career, sk…

> I think that overall in Europe, there is a much less steep income curve as you advance your career, skills, or education. This is good for the majority of people, but bad for your typical HN'er.

I don't understand; how is this good for the majority of people?

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