Similar in France / Paris where some American players can easily pay 100K+ euros for SWE. Rest of France salaries are half or even less.
Contracting rates in Paris seem to be much higher - €700-€1000 a day seems common from what I’ve seen.
I suspect a big part of it is labour laws. The UK is similar. Companies don’t want to take on the legal commitment of a high salary person, so they take on contractors instead.
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