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Re:Tech salary insights from 1.2M foreign worker visas by thetrb on Tuesday September 23, 2014 @02:39PM (#8357233)
The salary in this example is per year, the rent is per month. So actually a 10% rent increase is $1200 per year and a 1% salary increase is $1000 per year for a net loss of $200.
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Re:Tech salary insights from 1.2M foreign worker visas by Domenic_S on Tuesday September 23, 2014 @03:46PM (#8357705)
Whoops, you're right. Point still stands though, comparing growth the way the GP did is misleading.
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