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Originally Posted by Domain Diva
When you consider that most people in the UK earn twice as much $$ money in thier jobs as they do in the USA it sort of equals out.
Whats more interesting is comparing the price of a Big Mac against the average wage of that country...
Sample . ( online prices because i dont eat at mcdonalds 
USA : Big Mac average price $3.73
UK : Big Mac average price $3.70
so the conclusion is that when you also factor in the X2 earnings... brits get to eat thier hamburgers at about half the cost of thier USA counterparts whilst driving that expensive to run car... 
Now thats what you call OUTRAGEOUS !!  |
Here's the latest Big Mac Index.
http://www.economist.com/node/17257797
Where are you getting these wage #s? How were they calculated?
The only way to accurately compare would be to look at London vS. NYC because a mean US wage would be disproportionately weighted down by the South, rural areas, etc.
I mean, here in Austin, a position of similar seniority and in the same industry as my last NYC would pay about 40% less.