European considering postdoc in US

L

I am finishing my PhD in Europe and considering postdoc in US. Labs from Stanford and HMS/MGH are interested. However, I am really confused with salary and cost of living. I have a spouse who cannot work in US for 3-5 months because of waiting for work permit. Thus we don't know whether we can survive with only 1 salary. What is real amount of money (net) after tax reduction, insurance,...,you get? Is it possible to find affordable living in Boston with less than 30 min commuting?

T

Are you from the UK? There's some kind of reciprocal tax waiver between the US and UK for the first 2 years of residency. Either you don't pay federal tax or state tax, I can't remember which way round, but it worked out that I was only paying a small % of my salary in tax when I worked there for a year. Less than 10%. It's best if you contact the admin department of the universities and ask.

L

Thank you very much. I will look for that.

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