https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_average_w...

Cost of healthcare:

There are a bunch of numbers that are trivially accessible via Google, including government sources, but I couldn’t find any that match perfectly with the time range of the wage data.

Here is one quote, from a few years earlier…

> Median annual out-of-pocket spending on medical care ranged from $360 (Hawaii) to $1,500 (Nebraska). In four states, households in the top 10 percent of out-of-pocket expenses spent $7,000 or more on these items.

https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/issue-briefs/2...

See also: https://meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/st441/stat441....