Gap has reduced but Silicon Valley still pays 4-5 times more for the same job than Indian salaries. As a single guy you can save a lot even accounting cost of living. Probably the reason which helped OP come to India(along with Tesla stocks 10xing)
And accounting for 40% taxes and 30% spending (~7K per month which gives you a super comfortable lifestyle even in SV) leaves you with 30% savings, or ~84K USD which is the entire pre-tax pre-CoL salary for the same kind of work in India. Numbers are even more skewed as you become more senior.
Now one may argue with Google being an outlier. But Google is an outlier in India as well and a lot of companies pay similar (>3X between SV vs India). SV is also not special in that Seattle or NYC will net you similar numbers.
Care to cite some hard data about your statements?
[1] https://www.levels.fyi/company/Google/salaries/Software-Engi... [2] https://www.levels.fyi/?compare=Google,Facebook&track=Softwa...
And EU/Uk pays 2x or 0.4-0.5x adjusting for cost of living.
Devs in India are getting paid _more_ now adjusting for cost of living..
It's just that, cost of living stops making sense after a specific amount. For a lot of things $1 = $1
You want to buy a laptop in India? still costs $2000. Vacation to Exotic Islands? Would still cost the same.