In Germany a person with median income will have access to free healthcare and education, good public transportation system and maybe even to an apartment with

In Germany a person with median income will have access to free healthcare and education, good public transportation system and maybe even to an apartment with controlled rent. After you subtract all those expenses you may find that people in Germany may have more money in the pocket than in the USA. Anecdotal evidence does not prove anything, but few Americans who moved to Berlin were actually telling me that despite lower income and higher taxes they have more money here.