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I think those values are really skewed... According to their graph, average monthly net income in Germany is over $4000, I don't know any developer here who earns that much. I guess a lot of folks entered their income before taxes, which is more realistic. If you earn $4000 before taxes in Germany, you get to take home roughly half of that after taxes and the mandatory social security and health insurance payments.

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Well, in Germany, you are always talking about income before taxes (brutto) because net income (netto) changes depending on many factors. You probably already know but, there's even a calculator for that [0]

[0]: http://www.brutto-netto-rechner.info/

Well, US$ 4000 is 2950€. 2950€ net equals about 5100€/monthly before taxes, social security and health insurance. 61.2k€ per year does not sound totally unreasonable.

Edit: this is more or less worst case, i.e. highest tax class and public health insurance.

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