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Rs 28 LPA in Bengaluru or $60K per year in US: Indian student on F-1 visa asks which one is wiser to choose

$60K per year is obviously more than Rs 28 LPA but salary conversion can be misleading and the dollar option may not be lucrative at all when the expenses of the US are taken into account. An F-1 student explained a confusing situation he is in as he has two job options in front of him: A Rs 28LPA job in Bengaluru, India, and a $60K per year job in the US which he had been doing for the last four months. The Redditor explained that he came to the US for his master's and got a job only four months ago after struggling for a year. But he got picked for H-1B this year and it is under process. So on one hand, he is lucky enough to get his H-1B but his pay is not very high in the US.

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