Comparing Salaries: USA vs. France

When you're looking for a job worlwide, it's not easy to compare salaries, taxes and social benefits from one place to the other. However, it's a good time investment to do so, there can be quite surprising results. Herebelow, a comparison of income for the same job advertised for $100,000 in France and in the USA. Although the net salary is lower in France, the whole of salary + benefits is far higher in France than in the US with the same advertised job.
(calculations are for a single, no children, with a sample state tax of 10%, and may not be perfectly accurate, they're made to give a comprehensive view)

USA	Amount	France	France in €
6,200 $	employer contribution to social benefits	63,139 $	47,338 €
100,000 $	advertised job salary	100,000 $	74,973 €
17,250 $	federal income tax as a single	13,365 $	10,020 €
10,000 $	typical state tax as a single	0 $	0 €
7,650 $	social benefits	23,001 $	17,244 €
13,850 $	TOTAL social benefits	86,140 $	64,582 €
75,100 $	TOTAL net take home salary	63,634 $	47,709 €
88,950 $	TOTAL salary + benefits	149,774 $	112,291 €