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I was there in August and heard is was 30-40% less than the Bay Area/NYC salaries. The few web developers I talked to about salaries shared they were making 30-50k euros a year. That seemed pretty good.

It might not seem like a lot, but cost of living is also a lot less than NYC/SV.



I live in Berlin ( working as a front-end developer ) and that is correct. My rent is 700 Euro for a small flat in Mitte ( city center ) and yes, Berlin is a cheap city in terms of food, party, rent, etc. Anyway most of the people are not here to make money as far as I can see. Lots of hipsters and other people just join the city for it's special "culture / party / art" kind of spirit.


And that really is an incredible motivation to live there. No city on earth like Berlin.


I was there as well, it is around that range, 30-50k Euros per YEAR (edited)

Taxes and Social Security would be around 40% at the top of that range, there are some calculators around ( http://www.parmentier.de/steuer/steuer.htm?wagetax.htm )


*per year, just in case people were confused :)


Yes, thanks for the warning :)




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