Just out of curiosity, how much do you pay in taxes? If you're a sillicon valley engineer on the higher end, you end up paying 30-40% federal + 10% state and local taxes.
Healthcare (obligatory but subsidized for lower incomes) will cost you an additional 95 euro/month (with an "own risk" of about 375 euros). I always thought the entire US paid a lot less taxes to be honest...
