Americans work longer hours per week and get less holidays. A typical European 37 hour work week and 3 additional weeks vacation adds up to about two months mor

Americans work longer hours per week and get less holidays. A typical European 37 hour work week and 3 additional weeks vacation adds up to about two months more work by US workers than Europeans. So it's not really that they're paid more in the USA, it's that US workers get less vacation and longer hours.