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[โ€“] LemmyIsFantastic@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

๐Ÿ™„ the US has plenty of not the majority of high paying jobs. Working in high skill STEM pays absurdly good.

It's like skill jobs that get fucked.

[โ€“] noobdoomguy8658@feddit.de 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The absolute number doesn't matter much if the expenses of living in the STEM-riddled areas are just as high, if not higher.

[โ€“] Stumblinbear@pawb.social 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Remote work fixes that for many people

Source: me, hi, I work remotely to LA and get paid absurd wages

And Europe isn't expensive to live? Canada? Australia? All of them have very high CoL in population centers. Especially tech hubs. The only place that's significantly out of whack is CA and to be honest, much of the time it's still worth it. Go remote and get the best of both worlds is quite common and easy.