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Big Macs in Denmark are roughly the same price as in the US, but in Denmark you'd make $22/hour...

by greedo 5y ago

moffkalast 5y ago
The average purchasing power of both seem to be about the same though: https://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/compare/Denmark/United-States/Cost-of-living https://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/compare/Denmark/Un... The US definitely has much higher inequality, so maybe comparing average rather than median could be unrealistic.
bryanrasmussen 5y ago
and pay higher taxes.
- acdha 5y ago
  … and get considerably more for those taxes. When you do the math, the combined federal + state + local tax rate plus health insurance and related expenditures starts to look awfully close to what someone in Denmark gets, except that their services also work better (e.g. nobody has a part-time job fighting their insurance company to and/or hospital to pay the correct amount).
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- acdha 5y ago
  Hey, saw the comment you deleted. I'm sorry you're in a rough situation — I had a coworker in similar straits and hope that you find something which works out for your family as they eventually did.
long_time_gone 5y ago
It's not quite that simple. The US Big Mac [1] has 11% more calories than the Denmark Big Mac [2], which is an 11% difference. Also, the average hourly wage in the US is $31.63 [3] as of January 31st. [1] https://www.mcdonalds.com/us/en-us/product/big-mac.html https://www.mcdonalds.com/us/en-us/product/big-mac.html [2] https://www.myfitnesspal.com/food/calories/mcdonalds-big-mac-denmark-104423524 https://www.myfitnesspal.com/food/calories/mcdonalds-big-mac... [3] https://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.b.htm https://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.b.htm
- SketchySeaBeast 5y ago
  > The US Big Mac [1] has 11% more calories than the Denmark Big Mac [2], which is an 11% difference. Sorry, could we get someone to check those numbers?
  - moffkalast 5y ago
    Well you need two guys, one from the US, one from Denmark and they booth need a calorie counter machine.
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    - SketchySeaBeast 5y ago
      No, no, I meant the "11% more calories... which is an 11% difference".
- greedo 5y ago
  Uh, I guarantee you that a worker at a US McDonalds is not making $31/hour. The $22 I quoted for Denmark is the pay AT McDonalds, not the nationwide average hourly wage.

Big Macs in Denmark are roughly the same price as in the US, but in Denmark you'd make $22/hour...

by greedo 5y ago

Big Macs in Denmark are roughly the same price as in the US, but in Denmark you'd make $22/hour...

The average purchasing power of both seem to be about the same though: https://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/compare/Denmark/United-States/Cost-of-living https://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/compare/Denmark/Un... The US definitely has much higher inequality, so maybe comparing average rather than median could be unrealistic.

bryanrasmussen 5y ago

and pay higher taxes.

acdha 5y ago
… and get considerably more for those taxes. When you do the math, the combined federal + state + local tax rate plus health insurance and related expenditures starts to look awfully close to what someone in Denmark gets, except that their services also work better (e.g. nobody has a part-time job fighting their insurance company to and/or hospital to pay the correct amount).
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acdha 5y ago
Hey, saw the comment you deleted. I'm sorry you're in a rough situation — I had a coworker in similar straits and hope that you find something which works out for your family as they eventually did.

long_time_gone 5y ago

It's not quite that simple. The US Big Mac [1] has 11% more calories than the Denmark Big Mac [2], which is an 11% difference. Also, the average hourly wage in the US is $31.63 [3] as of January 31st. [1] https://www.mcdonalds.com/us/en-us/product/big-mac.html https://www.mcdonalds.com/us/en-us/product/big-mac.html [2] https://www.myfitnesspal.com/food/calories/mcdonalds-big-mac-denmark-104423524 https://www.myfitnesspal.com/food/calories/mcdonalds-big-mac... [3] https://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.b.htm https://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.b.htm

SketchySeaBeast 5y ago
> The US Big Mac [1] has 11% more calories than the Denmark Big Mac [2], which is an 11% difference. Sorry, could we get someone to check those numbers?
- moffkalast 5y ago
  Well you need two guys, one from the US, one from Denmark and they booth need a calorie counter machine.
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  - SketchySeaBeast 5y ago
    No, no, I meant the "11% more calories... which is an 11% difference".
greedo 5y ago
Uh, I guarantee you that a worker at a US McDonalds is not making $31/hour. The $22 I quoted for Denmark is the pay AT McDonalds, not the nationwide average hourly wage.