Interesting claim, where do you gather that data? The quick results I got where from a 2024 report on TheNextWeb claiming its around 90k USD equivalent in Switzerland https://thenextweb.com/news/european-cities-highest-salaries...
replyMarket rate for a senior engineer in much, much poorer Poland exceeds 80k at current exchange rates - ask me how I know.
replyI also had a contract in Switzerland for a brief, beautiful moment and in 2020 it was not weird to have an hourly rate exceeding 90CHF/h in this role.
Permanent employees were making anywhere in the range of 100-130k CHF, so the 140k USD figure is close adjusted for inflation.
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Thanks for the data, 117500 CHF converted today is around 148k USD, and that means being in the top 25%
replyIt clearly says that the median is 110k CHF ~ 140k USD
replyFor a Senior perhaps. The figures I find for Switzerland are more in the 90-120 range depending on the source. Also, I think what OP was referring to is the 'most markets' bit. Switzerland is the best paying country in Europe (discounting London).
reply> Switzerland is the best paying country in Europe (discounting London).
replyHow does that look when you correct for costs of living, because I imagine that would put London at the bottom of the list, as one of those places where senior-level tech salary is not enough to afford living in the city itself (and I don't mean the City of London, but the rest of it too).
I wouldn’t have replied if the session foundation hadn’t been based in Switzerland.
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