It's what you make of it,
IF you can adapt to a new environment and culture you can do very well over here. If not, then better off staying home.
I know of one pilot who commutes from Bali for work, where a pilots salary means you can live like a king. A few CX pilots moor their yachts at the Royal Phuket Marina.
Giving up the full time maid and holidays every month in exotic locations would be a bit difficult in exchange for the sky high taxation, political correctness and burdensome bureaucracy offered in Australia.
I wouldn't want to go back even if I could afford to.
