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Not true, you can't base Japanese salaries on US salaries. Countries have different currencies with different buying power. Salaries are based on the local m
by segmondy 10y ago
Not true, you can't base Japanese salaries on US salaries. Countries have different currencies with different buying power. Salaries are based on the local market.
Even in US, we see such broad differences between CA, NY and say OH and TN.
- jjawssd 10y agoBTW If you consider white rice and noodles a meal then both will cost you $7 USD in Tokyo. However if you want to compare a meal with vegetables and meat then that will run you around $15 USD per meal.
- sidek 10y agoYou can get premade meals at 7-11 in Tokyo for much less than 7 USD.
- jjawssd 10y agoThey are 50% rice, 20% sauce, 30% other
- EliRivers 10y agoA Yoshinoya beef bowl can be had for 6 USD and is a lot more than rice and some noodles. If I didn't have to eat it all at once, I wouldn't eat anything else that day.
- automatwon 10y agoSure salaries are based on local market, but the issue is companies are pondering why the local market is having a "shortage" to begin with. You can argue people must accept local market salaries if they want to live in a certain city or lifestyle. But why not live somewhere where you are compensated 3x as much, and travel to said city, and still have money left over? It's not as if Tokyo's cost of living is 1/3rd of San Francisco. Personally, I live in San Francisco. This wouldn't be my first pick if I was "retired" / didn't work. But, being a salaryman in SV, even with the higher cost of living, provides me a higher standard of living, insofar that I can travel to other places in the world, eat / live well, and still have money leftover. The reverse wouldn't be possible if I lived in Japan with this purported 1/3rd compensation. For me, traveling as a tourist is sufficient, I don't need years long "immersion".