Comments on: How much more does an Indian IT worker make in the US than in India? https://www.isegoria.net/2025/09/how-much-more-does-an-indian-it-worker-make-in-the-us-than-in-india/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Mon, 01 Jun 2026 14:48:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Jim https://www.isegoria.net/2025/09/how-much-more-does-an-indian-it-worker-make-in-the-us-than-in-india/comment-page-1/#comment-3759885 Jim Tue, 23 Sep 2025 00:23:16 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=53486#comment-3759885 God willing, they will go back.

]]> By: Phileas Frogg https://www.isegoria.net/2025/09/how-much-more-does-an-indian-it-worker-make-in-the-us-than-in-india/comment-page-1/#comment-3759884 Phileas Frogg Mon, 22 Sep 2025 23:09:46 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=53486#comment-3759884 I decided to have chatgpt analyze the information you garnered and account for the differences in cost of living.

After the usual caveats about differences between specific locations, etc, this is what I got:

After adjusting for cost of living, the effective “power” of the U.S. salary still remains several times greater (maybe ~3× to ~5× more) for similar lifestyle (holding other things equal).

So: cost?of?living does offset a large part of the 15× difference, but not enough to make them equal.

Wow indeed.

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