Hi all,

I'm posting this here because I have no idea where to get the piece of information elsewhere. Through RCU, I have been in touch with many american modellers to talk RC. I would simply like to talk about off topic subjects for just a few seconds, so please, don't erase this post straight away. Give it a chance, and then remove it in a week if you wish.

I'm a french guy who wonders what it would be to work in the United States... Here wages are not that high, even for well educated guys, and taxes are really high...

I would like to have some testimonies of people having the same background as me and working in software development.
I have 6 years experience, including 4 years in the field of aeronautics (VxWorks embedded soft dev, aircraft main calculator soft dev, ....). I've been working on french fighter aircraft (Dassault Rafale, Dassault Mirage 5) in rather big companies (including General Electric Healthcare !). I'm 28. I have a masters degree in computer science along aeronautics knowledge (aeronautics engineering school, 5 years long after bachelor's degree).

How much shall I expect as a salary by your side in a medium sized company ? Is finding a job in this field doable today ? I guess California is the place for such jobs... Any other location ?

Regarding income taxes, what can be said ? I've heard there are big gaps between states, e.g. no income tax in Florida ???
Here, income taxes are 35-40% overall... Plus here you have VAT, 20% !!!! To give you an idea, a Jetcat P120 equals one full month salary [X(][X(][X(] !!!!

Thank you for your input !