Living in the USA

The United States pays among the best anywhere, and it does so across a wide enough economy that the work could be almost anything. Tax takes a noticeable share but leaves you with most of what you make, and while life is costly, a salary here generally outruns the prices with room to spare. Hiring is reachable rather than easy. An outsider can find a way in, most readily in fields like IT, engineering, and healthcare, where the demand runs deep.

The United States is the world's largest destination for migrants by a wide margin: about 48.9M foreign-born residents live there — #1 of 232 countries and more than triple second-place Germany. They come from across the globe, led by Mexico (11.3M), India, and China, and the foreign-born count has grown 13% over the past decade.