Employers will do almost anything to find workers except pay them more

Re:Employers will do almost anything to find workers except ... by beagle3 on Wednesday July 11, 2018 @12:02PM (#17507947)

If I made $100K in NYC I would have likely had the same $75k .... which would have left me with $0 after housing and child raising costs. If I made $10k, I would have had the entire $10k. You are comparing big apples to oranges.

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Re:Employers will do almost anything to find workers except ... by morsma on Wednesday July 11, 2018 @01:38PM (#17508742)

You said: > When I was living in NYC I paid 39% federal + 13.5% state/city - that’s over 50%

According to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Income_tax_in_the_United_State... you earn >$400k a year? If so you shouldn't have any problems in NY.

If you do make $100k, you'd be way better off in Texas: https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/compare_cities.jsp?cou...

In other words, we're comparing apples to apples here.

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Re:Employers will do almost anything to find workers except ... by beagle3 on Wednesday July 11, 2018 @03:04PM (#17509418)

I didn’t say I had problems in NYC. I just said US taxes can be as high or higher than European taxes.

Yes, if you make $100k you are better off in Texas. There are way more jobs that pay $100k (not to mention $400k) in NYC than in Texas though. I’m not sure what the apples are or what we’re comparing; if it’s tax rates than the US isn’t as low as people believe.

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Re:Employers will do almost anything to find workers except ... by morsma on Wednesday July 11, 2018 @04:24PM (#17510011)

Every one is better off in Texas compared to NYC financially. Apples to apples. But it's true, if you insist on the Euro experience, you'll have to pay for it...

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