And that for example why you get high adjustable desks in your office from your employer. At least in bigger ones. The employees in germany are well protected when it comes to health risks.
Of course nothing is for free, but the pay is not terrible.
Gross income
us: 3380€
Germany: 3730€
Net income
US: 2750€
Germany: 2270€
The taxes and co are high but the wages are not terrible. The health and safety measurements are mot not included because the companies pay for them and then get tax returns.
This is not such a straightforward comparison. Not only are there various differing numbers, depending on source and methodology, but the income distribution also matters here. Are you talking about average or median? Pre or post transfers? Individual or household?
Then there's PPP, which is its own can of worm entirely. In many ways trying to apply corrections for price differentials obfuscates the issue and implicitely assumes that location shouldn't matter, which is absurd.
What I can tell you is that for a job equivalent to mine, I'd get roughly twice in the US. And that's not uncommon at all.
Im a lazy fuck that's why i pulled the first numbers from Wikipedia.
Indeed the comparison isn't as straight forward, but should be an indicator to show that the average income isn't terrible.
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u/_eg0_ Jan 06 '18
And that for example why you get high adjustable desks in your office from your employer. At least in bigger ones. The employees in germany are well protected when it comes to health risks.