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Re:Tech Workers Deserve a Union: An Interview with Ethan Mar... by pjc50 on Thursday September 14, 2023 @09:16AM (#37508594)
> most tech workers aren't in the top 5% of earners

No, I really did check https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/percentile-points-f... before posting that stat.

(I guess this is where Americans start discovering how badly paid the UK as a whole is)

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Re:Tech Workers Deserve a Union: An Interview with Ethan Mar... by Clubber on Thursday September 14, 2023 @09:28AM (#37508756)
>I guess this is where Americans start discovering how badly paid the UK as a whole is

Holy moly. In the US you have to earn just over $240K USD/yr to break the top 5%. At least you don't go bankrupt when it's time for elder care.

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/01/24/how-much-money-you-have-to-e....

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