Over the past 5 months, we've delved deep into the preferences of jobseekers and salaries in Germany (DE) and Switzerland (CH).
The results of over 6'300 salary data points and 12'500 survey answers are collected in the Transparent IT Job Market Reports.
If you are interested in the findings, you can find direct links below (no paywalls, no gatekeeping, just raw PDFs):
https://static.swissdevjobs.ch/market-reports/IT-Market-Report-2023-SwissDevJobs.pdf
https://static.germantechjobs.de/market-reports/IT-Market-Report-2023-GermanTechJobs.pdf
Background: I've been a IT hiring manager for 20+ years now, with about 600 hires (and salary negotiations) in total. About 70% gamedev related, and the other 30% classic IT.
I have tracked all those numbers over the last 20 years. They are 50-100% higher across the board; And that is base salary on-hire, without bonuses.
A senior developer for 60K? Show me, and I'll hire 10. Make that 20. On the spot.
Last year I hired a graduate in Bulgaria for 80K/year base(!) salary. Granted, he was the best of his year, and had some nice side projects.
According to your numbers I should not exist. I started my career in the 90s, and never earned below 60K/year.
I suspect something might be off with your sample selection. Or maybe people are just under reporting their numbers. Not saying you are intentionally misleading, but these numbers just don't compute.