"Isn't this table just sorted by the PP adjustment factor"
No, it isn't, but I do think you're right in that I should have used the nominal wages. I found the original article and that does not appear to be purchasing-power adjusted:
Using the nominal wages gives the below, with France now in the middle of the list:
Country Ratio dev:avg
Australia 0.81
Netherlands 0.85
Canada 0.90
New Zealand 0.92
Finland 0.92
France 0.92
Switzerland 0.93
Norway 1.02
Denmark 1.05
Germany 1.12
UK 1.15
Sweden 1.15
USA 1.49
Israel 1.53
Whether or not this is a "meaningful result" is still debatable but I'd like to think it gives us something approaching a "developer appreciation metric".
No, it isn't, but I do think you're right in that I should have used the nominal wages. I found the original article and that does not appear to be purchasing-power adjusted:
https://www.daxx.com/article/it-salaries-software-developer-...
Using the nominal wages gives the below, with France now in the middle of the list:
Whether or not this is a "meaningful result" is still debatable but I'd like to think it gives us something approaching a "developer appreciation metric".