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You are comparing pre-tax income (USA) and post-tax (UK)! You also mixed your units. TO use net-adjusted disposable income, USA has 41k USD and UK 28k USD. Also

You are comparing pre-tax income (USA) and post-tax (UK)! You also mixed your units. TO use net-adjusted disposable income, USA has 41k USD and UK 28k USD. Also, you'd need to adjust for the benefits you get from your government/employer (Health insurance) for a fair comparison. While American workers earn more than UK workers, that does not necessarily imply that the total cost of employment for UK employers is lower than total cost of employment for USA employers. I don't have that data handy.

bdcravens 10y ago
> you'd need to adjust for the benefits you get from your government/employer (Health insurance) for a fair comparison Indeed. My out of pocket for medical care this year is $19k (and that's with one of the "gold" plans)
- angry-hacker 10y ago
  But how much is it compared to your salary? I pay 33% of my income just for Healthcare. Or well, government just takes it :)
  - bdcravens 10y ago
    I won't give exact numbers, but somewhere between 10% and 33%. :-) But for a typical developer, that would be in the neighborhood of 20%.
  - IshKebab 10y ago
    Where? UK is 0-10% of taxable pay depending on how much you earn.