Income is the relevant metric. Most poor people (worldwide) have negligible savings.

USA 25th percentile 28k to 30k EU-27 50th percentile 24k to 26k.

This comment contradicts your earlier comment though, where you mentioned “poor people have”, a clear reference to wealth rather than earnings.

> a clear reference to wealth rather than earnings.

No, sorry, it isn't. People commonly use the phrase "has money" to refer to income in American English.

In the US people don't say "has money" as meaning net worth, they are generally talking about spendable money ie a paycheck unless you're talking about someone super rich who "has money" or "comes from money."

Maybe. Open to the idea others use the same words to mean different things. Will is being imprecise while also being argumentative which is fun.

In my literal mind, someone who spends money has none. They had it. To have money is to be wealthy, not to simply earn it.

That's simply not how it's used in the US then. To spend money is to have it in the first place.

This is moving the goalposts. You said "have more money than."

Yes. Spendable money. Income. The common meaning of the phrase among non-rich people.

Does 28k-30k in the US get you the same (or better) quality of life than 24k-26k gets you in Europe?

I doubt that; I expect a European on 24k is living better than an American on 30k. But that also depends on where: I'm sure 24k will get you farther in, say, Sofia, Bulgaria, than in Paris or Berlin. Same is true of different places in the US.