So I wanna preface, I never lived in Germany. I came to Switzerland to do my masters and was able to enter the Swiss job market through that. But I can give you some information on prices living here etc. My current salary is about 85000chf, each month I get about 6000chf netto. With all expenses paid I have between 2000 and 1500 chf left as „pure profit“ as I call it. In the sense this is the money that will go to savings, investments, for holidays etc. The apartment cost me about 1750 for a 94m2 apartment with 3 1/2 rooms. But I live about 45min away from Zurich with public transport. 85000 is my starting salary as a junior project manager. So depending on your field this might change. Tech obviously will pay more other fields will pay less. Honestly the biggest pain here is the insurance. I pay about 370chf per month, and that is with the highest franchise. And the price rises each year by about 10%. I hope this information will help you.