People just make a lot more money in America. A decent job these days starts at $200k. That's fresh out of college or shortly after. Obviously not everyone makes that much, but it's not unusual at all in tech.

> People just make a lot more money in America. A decent job these days starts at $200k.

This is an extremely HN specific and tech industry specific comment. Go for a day-long drive through middle America, like from Nebraska to Wyoming or something, and 95%+ of the people you will see are living on less than $60,000 total family income per year. A very small selection of very specific jobs start at $200k a year.

> but it's not unusual at all in tech.

But tech workers are a tiny sliver of the population so no, $200k starter jobs are extremely unusual in USA.