Re:The Locals Don't Know
by apelapan on Monday May 11, 2026 @10:03AM
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Minimum wage is set by the states, 7.25 is just the national minimum. California has 16.90, Washington 17.13 etc.
If I'll update the icecone example to a single vanilla scoop costing $8.45 it still stands for a Californian.
By the way, USD 16.9/hr is on the low end of normal pay level for a IT technician or junior nurse in Sweden. Tax is highly progressive, so at that point they'd only be paying about ~18% total income tax though, perhaps that would be higher in most US states?
If I'll update the icecone example to a single vanilla scoop costing $8.45 it still stands for a Californian.
By the way, USD 16.9/hr is on the low end of normal pay level for a IT technician or junior nurse in Sweden. Tax is highly progressive, so at that point they'd only be paying about ~18% total income tax though, perhaps that would be higher in most US states?