Now let's flip it! I make 2600€ before taxes and deductions in Germany. I live with my parents and after taxes, I take home.. 1700€. I don't own a car and I can get by commuting and entertainment stuff. I have 30 vacations days minimum per year. I work 6 hours per day, two days home office. I chip in 350€ every month for expenses, so 1200-1300€ of savings every month. Healthcare is "free". I can call in sick 3 calendar days consecutively without a writ from the doctor, just because I want to.

I've lived on my own for short bits and time and here is from what I know looking at rent and other things - alone, I'd be spending 900-1200€ a month depending on how the food is I want to eat and how big my apartment is, plus some extra maybe because of obscene energy costs right now.

I don't think there is any job like that in the US, maybe if you run your own company.

I think the tl;dr's is this: It's better to be poorer to mid-income in a rich Euro country, and better to be rich in the US.