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Options are not income and are worthless unless it’s a public company or there is a liquidity event. Considering options as a part of income is the same as if your company paid you in lottery tickets.

Tax codes agree and defer the actual taxation to the time you execute the options - then they become income.

Exercised options in a private company still aren't liquid, or usable income.

Early employees at Uber had an opportunity to sell stock at a funding round. Not sure exactly how many people, but believe it was first 1000.

The form also does not let you specify regularly vesting stock for publicly traded companies.

but for example uk share shaves are zero risk and can have very high tax free payouts.

Added Switzerland, sorry!

About stock options, I don't want to make a chart of the best companies (who offer more, etc..), I am interested in becoming more aware of the salary situation in Europe, to understand how this profession is seen.

I also would like to know whether it makes sense to move from Denmark to there in terms of economics.