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The circle of life
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this post was submitted on 25 May 2026
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Total cost of employment is something like 140-160% of salary for a software dev. So my super handwavy half pulled out of my ass math puts it closer to 20 jr. engineers.
In France it's more like 200%. minimum. Which is why our salaries are so shit when compared with US ones.
But the new trend is hiring interns which are much cheaper, work twice as hard, and come with tax deductions.
US salaries in general are inflated and not entirely indicative of actual spending power. They have a lot more ancillary costs like healthcare and other insurances, not to mention a significant lack of public transport means most people also need to pay for a car and gas and whatnot.
Add to that the fact that they get fuck all for vacation time meaning if they want time off, it costs their salary for the missed days. I think when you weigh it all out, it balances pretty evenly, if not somewhat in France's favour.
In the US you do not even need to pay the interns. >!Not agreeing with this!<
You forgot the 1/3 part (hope that is the brain part)
Less than half of what I hoped for.