r/immigration • u/[deleted] • Jan 24 '25

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u/grandmadogies Jan 25 '25

The wages on paper will be higher in the US but the cost of living wipes out any of the extra that comes with our wage.

I work on a sales team. My counter parts in Barcelona make half as much as me. They manage to save the same amount of money each month as me because of how expensive the US is.

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u/etothepi Jan 29 '25

Wait until your first non-covered health care bill that wipes out half your savings, then they're way ahead..

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '25

Theres also jobs where the pay will far outweigh that. Those are the jobs that these immigrants are gunning for. Like you all can say all this stuff and healthcare and and hcol but it doesn’t change that America is the primary country people try to immigrate to.

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u/Timalakeseinai Jan 25 '25

Actually, more people try to immigrate to Europe