Dublin
Western Europe · Ireland · Europe
Friendly, literary tech-boom city where pub craic meets Big Tech offices.
Dublin is a friendly, English-speaking tech hub with a strong pub culture and easy access to Europe and the rest of Ireland. The job market is excellent thanks to the big tech and pharma employers based there. But the city is expensive, the housing crisis is severe and genuinely hard to navigate, and the weather is famously gray and wet. It's a great career move tempered by real day-to-day friction over rent and rain.
comfortable monthly budget
1-bed rent, good area
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Warm, talkative locals and a large international tech crowd make socializing easy, with the pub as the default meeting place. Nightlife is lively, and the welcoming culture helps newcomers settle fast.
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Tax in Ireland
Special regime: Non-dom remittance basis; SARP relief reduces tax on high earners' income
40% rate plus USC and PRSI push the effective marginal over 50%; non-doms taxed only on remitted foreign income.
Representative estimate — not tax advice. · source
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