If you look around on levels.fyi, or if you check for example UK job postings with salaries, you'll see that between different levels there is around 30% difference - that's how they value knowledge and experience.
In France, in my surroundings, I barely heard any promotion with a double digit increase.
I do understand that US salaries are not a reality in Europe
Overall because "end salary" is different than "end purchase power". In France you get about half the salary in your hands, but because you give a lot to social security, jobs etc. and everything is free (wether you like or not is another topic). But still, for same life, your salary will be around 40% lower (rough estimate done with mates, based on World Bank PPP).
Now you must be right to some extent, because for companies with officies in the two countries, it costs less to hire in France. Not 40%/50% less (as the whole salary does because of the aforementionned effect), but still substantially less that companies favor employing in their French office.
One of the most salient features of our Tech Hiring culture is that there is so much bullshit. Everyone knows this. Each of us contributes his share. But we tend to take the situation for granted.
If you look around on levels.fyi, or if you check for example UK job postings with salaries, you'll see that between different levels there is around 30% difference - that's how they value knowledge and experience.
In France, in my surroundings, I barely heard any promotion with a double digit increase.
Overall because "end salary" is different than "end purchase power". In France you get about half the salary in your hands, but because you give a lot to social security, jobs etc. and everything is free (wether you like or not is another topic). But still, for same life, your salary will be around 40% lower (rough estimate done with mates, based on World Bank PPP).
Now you must be right to some extent, because for companies with officies in the two countries, it costs less to hire in France. Not 40%/50% less (as the whole salary does because of the aforementionned effect), but still substantially less that companies favor employing in their French office.
The numbers are hard yes.
But they are necessary because you can't have a conversation if different people think that the difference is more like 5%, 15%, 25%, 45% or even 125%