Control systems engineer, Western Australia, $AUD1000-2000 depending on hours and location.
Beer is $10 a pint where I live, some places more.
Decent family house not to far form the city $700k-1M.
Reasonable 2brm apartment in good location 500k+.
Even in WA, good pay! How many years exp (if that's ok to ask)?
I'm getting a fraction of that in Syd.
programmer, amsterdam/netherlands, 600 eur (about $635) however because of the really really stupid laws in the Netherlands most companies will not hire a contractor directly, so there are lots of recruitment companies acting as a middleman taking at least 15 eur an hour ( every hour for the duration of the gig)