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Not happening. Getting significantly more than $100k is close to impossible in most careers in any other country and the dollar is the safest currency to get paid in. Not convinced the desperate folks who want to move despite these are good hires. Anecdotally the only people working any job at all outside of USA that I’ve met were doing that because of their non-US wives not liking it stateside. This isn’t a large group as you can imagine.

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> Not happening. Getting significantly more than $100k is close to impossible in most careers in any other country

There are literally millions of people around the world who earn significantly more than US$100K and don’t work in the US.

e.g. in Australia, many medical specialists earn more than US$200k - it is common for experienced oncologists, cardiologists, paediatricians, gastroenterologists, etc, to earn more than US$200k.

'most careers' and Australia is a special snowflake, too, though yes, a valid example. on the other hand you have Eastern Europe, 6h drive to the 'West' from approximately anywhere and salaries in the shitter except for some professions in capitals (cardiologists would probably also qualify).

That’s spare change for a US doctor.

> the only people working any job at all outside of USA that I’ve met were doing that because of their non-US wives not liking it stateside.

Did you accidentally a word? Because if you cross any border literally the first people you meet are border control officers, who work a job outside the USA, most of whom with no interest in living or working in the US.

Incidentally if you travel abroad you will also meet heterosexual women and homosexual men, who don't generally have a wife at all.

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