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Re:If average salaries are 80-100k why does everyone keep ge... by joseph4521 on Saturday April 16, 2011 @09:45AM (#2453942)
Here is Luxembourg, the minimum salary for qualified people (at least 2 years of study or experience) is 1900€+ per month with nearly no tax. For the same level of health insurance and retirement plan, one would to win approx 65k$ in USA. Don't forget I'm talking about the minimum legal salary, with that salary you can still consider yourself poor. Middle class people wins at least twice as much. Are people in USA so poor that 80-100k$ seems like eldorado?
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Re:If average salaries are 80-100k why does everyone keep ge... by cpeterso on Sunday April 17, 2011 @04:40AM (#2455798)
Regarding US average salaries, Wikipedia says:

* The average personal income is about $40K. * The average household income is about $50K. * About 20% of households make over $100K. * But only about 6% of individuals have personal incomes over $100K.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_income_in_the_United_S...

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