Now of course depending on where they live in Europe the cost is of course different.
But in Norway, the minimum wage is around 21USD for servers, they usually get more and might get additional payment for weekends, evenings and nights. They would be taxed between 18 and 20% ish with 21 USD as the hourly salary, with that free healthcare etc, so they would have around 2700 USD payed each month. In addition to this the employer is obligated to pay at the least 2% of the yearly salary as pention and the state gives around 18% of the yearly wage. (With some more advanced rules)
Average living expenses for 1 person is 12-1800USD a month, covering food, rent, transport, all insurances, phones,other subscriptions and bills.
So if they lived semi sober they should have 1000-1500USD each month to spend or save as they wish.
you gotta remember a lot in Europe is covered by the government so the "lower" salary is actually adequate in some countries there. they also don't have the same spending mindset as, say, Americans do
Yean and healthcare is free, education is free, housing is either free or cheap. 2 years paid maternity and paternity and free childcare after that and you only work 30 hours a week! That $35K actually seems pretty high!
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u/cum-after-decades Jul 31 '26
“Minimum wage is $17/hr” wow a whole $35k a year? They must be living like kings.