There are now more tech workers going from the US to Europe than the other way around
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Posted by PjeterPannos
There are now more tech workers going from the US to Europe than the other way around
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Posted by PjeterPannos
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Source: [https://www.economist.com/business/2026/03/01/at-last-reasons-to-be-cheerful-about-european-tech](https://www.economist.com/business/2026/03/01/at-last-reasons-to-be-cheerful-about-european-tech)
Why are the overall numbers going down?
I don’t see how this is possible considering how hard it is to find these jobs in Europe in general. I would love to return to Europe, but I look around quite often and it’s so much worse than here in the US
The term “tech worker” is doing a gigantic amount of work. Are these (1) MIT computer science PhDs with specialties in deep learning or (2) random software engineers that Claude has turned into dinosaurs?
My hunch is that the NBA type compensation on offer for bucket (1) makes it impossible for them to leave silicon valley. Google, meta, openai etc see them as peak LeBron James in terms of market value.
Also these numbers are tiny in both directions. The trend might be right but Id have guessed way more people are moving in both directions
Ps: how did this survive moderation lol? It’s just a chart with zero context. At least link the article op
Edit: my bad I see the link now.
Let’s take it further. There’s going to be more and more disputes like the recent one between Trump gov and Anthropic.
With right incentives such companies may consider making Europe their new home.
More like, there are less european tech workers moving to US
Even more impressive considering the wage differences.
The smartest ones see the signs and are leaving.
Well with mine 150kEUR salary, I will see USA just as a tourist. But not in its current meta.
US remote work salaries, European cost of living and lower crime.
Unless they are working for European companies, but I doubt this
European tech cannot compare to the US.
The US tech runs against China. European tech is second tier at best.
Both of the values tracked on the graph are insignificant in volume.
The big picture is that cross migration between both are drastically reducing. More American tech workers moved to Europe under Biden than Trump.
How many of them are H1B’s fleeing the changes that hostile political climate?