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Patch@feddit.uk 1 day agoJust looked on that link for the UK. The average is listed as £63k, which is $85k.
So you’re not exactly disproving the point that that type of high salary is a US thing.
surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 1 day ago
You can’t at all compare unless you reference cost and standard of living. I’ve managed and hired people in multiple countries. It’s not as simple as salary X exchange rate.
Patch@feddit.uk 1 day ago
Cost of living in the UK is about 20% lower than the US, including housing costs. But the average salary is about half of the US salary. So you can see that that doesn’t really cover it.
surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I hate that people treat the US like a country. It’s bad for statistics.
The cost of living in New Jersey is 50% higher than Alabama, for example, using the site you linked. Averages across the US are near meaningless.
Since I’m talking about tech jobs, we should compare to states with lots of tech jobs, and we might get a better comparison.
Patch@feddit.uk 1 day ago
Sure, but that applies to the UK too. London has a higher cost of living than Los Angeles; averages being averages, this is weighed against lots of cheaper places to live (with massive unemployment and stagnated economics).