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0 pointsrefurb5y ago0 comments

I'm not sure subsidized childcare covers it.

If you're comparing 3k EUR takehome to a mid-level engineer in the bay area which is probably 15k USD (rolling in bonus + stock), that's 144k USD more per year take home.

Even for 2 kids at $24k per year ($48k total), you can cover childcare and have another ~$100k USD left over.

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theshrike795y ago

Child care here is around 250€/month with reduced cost for each kid beyond the first in daycare. Pre-school (Age 6->) is free as is school + school lunches.

Compared to what, a few thousand a month PER CHILD in the US?

Also birth and all pre-natal care etc. is practically free (tens of euros per visit max).

refurbOP5y ago

Right, but the difference in take home pay in the US is almost 3x those costs. So you can pay for it all in the US and still come out ahead.

theshrike795y ago

Then we just need to add the amount of monthly insurance costs and it's about even again :)

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theshrike795y ago

Child care here is around 250€/month with reduced cost for each kid beyond the first in daycare. Pre-school (Age 6->) is free as is school + school lunches.

Compared to what, a few thousand a month PER CHILD in the US?

Also birth and all pre-natal care etc. is practically free (tens of euros per visit max).

refurbOP5y ago

Right, but the difference in take home pay in the US is almost 3x those costs. So you can pay for it all in the US and still come out ahead.

theshrike795y ago

Then we just need to add the amount of monthly insurance costs and it's about even again :)

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