[imawlBoli]

But let's not forget taxes and pensions. The quoted 800 euro figure is net after all deductions. Average guy at Google, Microsoft or similar doesn't get six figures. Last I looked it was about 80 000 (gross) for non-managerial positions. That was pre-crisis. When you do some approximate calculations it comes out as about 2000-3000 euros net per month. Compared to 1000 in Latvia or Croatia it is better, but not out-of-this-world better.