Crowdsourced Data
Pay, savings, lifestyle and infrastructure reported by tech workers across Europe. About this data
€40,000
Top yearly savings: Switzerland
2.18/3
Top lifestyle: Serbia
9,053
Most open roles, all workplace modes: United Kingdom
Where to live in Europe on your pay
Where tech workers are happiest and most satisfied with public services, at each level of gross yearly pay. From 768 people who reported their pay and rated both.
Pick your gross yearly pay to see where to live on it.
Your gross pay
The best countries at every pay level
Scores out of 10. Pick a pay level to see its answer above.
Best overall
Poland 7.1
Runner-up Portugal 6.6
Happiest
Portugal 7.0
Runner-up Poland 6.8
Best public services
Poland 7.3
Runner-up Spain 6.2
Best overall
Poland 7.6
Runner-up Austria 7.6
Happiest
Serbia 7.7
Runner-up Bulgaria 7.7
Best public services
Poland 7.7
Runner-up Austria 7.7
Best overall
Poland 7.9
Runner-up Czechia 7.9
Happiest
Serbia 8.1
Runner-up Romania 8.1
Best public services
Switzerland 7.9
Runner-up Poland 7.8
Best overall
Switzerland 7.8
Runner-up Spain 7.8
Happiest
Spain 8.1
Runner-up Poland 8.1
Best public services
Switzerland 8.1
Runner-up Netherlands 7.6
Best overall
Spain 8.1
Runner-up Switzerland 7.9
Happiest
Spain 8.5
Runner-up Poland 8.2
Best public services
Switzerland 8.1
Runner-up Spain 7.7
Best overall
Switzerland 8.3
Runner-up Spain 8.2
Happiest
Spain 8.6
Runner-up Poland 8.3
Best public services
Switzerland 8.4
Runner-up Spain 7.7
| Gross pay | Best overall | Happiest | Best public services |
|---|---|---|---|
Poland 7.1 Runner-up Portugal 6.6 | Portugal 7.0 Runner-up Poland 6.8 | Poland 7.3 Runner-up Spain 6.2 | |
Poland 7.6 Runner-up Austria 7.6 | Serbia 7.7 Runner-up Bulgaria 7.7 | Poland 7.7 Runner-up Austria 7.7 | |
Poland 7.9 Runner-up Czechia 7.9 | Serbia 8.1 Runner-up Romania 8.1 | Switzerland 7.9 Runner-up Poland 7.8 | |
Switzerland 7.8 Runner-up Spain 7.8 | Spain 8.1 Runner-up Poland 8.1 | Switzerland 8.1 Runner-up Netherlands 7.6 | |
Spain 8.1 Runner-up Switzerland 7.9 | Spain 8.5 Runner-up Poland 8.2 | Switzerland 8.1 Runner-up Spain 7.7 | |
Switzerland 8.3 Runner-up Spain 8.2 | Spain 8.6 Runner-up Poland 8.3 | Switzerland 8.4 Runner-up Spain 7.7 |
How these scores work
- Every score comes from tech workers who reported their pay to our salary data and rated, from 1 to 10, how happy they are where they live and how satisfied they are with its public services and infrastructure for the taxes they pay. Pay is gross yearly total compensation in euros.
- A country or city is ranked at a pay level once at least 5 people at that level rated it. Places below that are left out rather than shown on a handful of ratings.
- Each score is adjusted for sample size: it also counts the reports from the two neighbouring pay levels at half weight, and it is pulled toward the average of everyone at that pay level by the equivalent of 4 reports. A place with few reports cannot top a pay level on a few glowing ratings, which is why these scores differ slightly from the plain averages in the Livability table.
- Best overall is the average of the happiness and public services scores.
- These are self-reported ratings from the people who chose to share them, not a survey of everyone: read them as what tech workers on your pay said about where they live. Full methodology.
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