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The other side of the coin is that US salaries are among the highest in the world by PPP and 3rd highest nominally. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1338750

The other side of the coin is that US salaries are among the highest in the world by PPP and 3rd highest nominally. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1338750/average-monthly-salaries-countries-highest-worldwide https://www.statista.com/statistics/1338750/average-monthly-...

aantix 2y ago
Apparently I need to move to Luxembourg.
no_wizard 2y ago
Average is really skewed though, because the top end is very very high and the more important metric would be net income, not gross income (which PPP does not account for) If you look at net disposable income, the US is ranked 33rd[0] [0]: https://data-explorer.oecd.org/vis?tm=income%20distribution&pg=0&snb=13&vw=tb&df[ds]=dsDisseminateFinalDMZ&df[id]=DSD_HSL%40DF_HSL_CWB&df[ag]=OECD.WISE.WDP&df[vs]=1.0&pd=%2C&dq=.1_1.USD_PPP_PS._T._T._T.HSL_1&ly[cl]=TIME_PERIOD&ly[rw]=REF_AREA&to[TIME_PERIOD]=false&lb=nm https://data-explorer.oecd.org/vis?tm=income%20distribution&...
- harimau777 2y ago
  Am I reading the data that you linked wrong? It looks to me like US is highest on the chart with $52400. What am I missing?
  - hollerith 2y ago
    I agree with your reading.
  - cscurmudgeon 2y ago
    You are correct. US is 33rd alphabetically and first by the disposable income. What I find amazing is you have to really count the rows to get that US is 33rd (alphabetically) as the rows are unnumbered. OP did that and didn't realize the rows are sorted alphabetically.
- twoodfin 2y ago
  I’m trying to understand how that link supports your claim but utterly failing. For net disposable income the US even laps small, rich Luxembourg.
- cscurmudgeon 2y ago
  You do realize that US is ranked first in the list . It is the 33rd alphabetically!! Thanks for proving my point :) [0] https://data-explorer.oecd.org/vis?tm=income%20distribution&pg=0&snb=13&vw=tb&df[ds]=dsDisseminateFinalDMZ&df[id]=DSD_HSL%40DF_HSL_CWB&df[ag]=OECD.WISE.WDP&df[vs]=1.0&pd=%2C&dq=.1_1.USD_PPP_PS._T._T._T.HSL_1&ly[cl]=TIME_PERIOD&ly[rw]=REF_AREA&to[TIME_PERIOD]=false&lb=nm https://data-explorer.oecd.org/vis?tm=income%20distribution&...
- no_wizard 2y ago
  In case anyone comes along this. I linked the wrong chart :/ So egg on my face! I meant to link elsewhere but can’t find it again. This again shows the average and not the median, which was not my intention.
wisty 2y ago
I have also yet to see a single WFH advocate explaining how to square their replies to objections (usually "managers should find better KPIs") with their theory of the firm (you don't just rely on KPIs, unless you are as good as Bezos at what he does you can't just treat employees as replacable cogs that might as well be replaced by KPI driven freelancers and subcontractors).

aantix 2y ago

Apparently I need to move to Luxembourg.

no_wizard 2y ago

Average is really skewed though, because the top end is very very high and the more important metric would be net income, not gross income (which PPP does not account for) If you look at net disposable income, the US is ranked 33rd[0] [0]: https://data-explorer.oecd.org/vis?tm=income%20distribution&pg=0&snb=13&vw=tb&df[ds]=dsDisseminateFinalDMZ&df[id]=DSD_HSL%40DF_HSL_CWB&df[ag]=OECD.WISE.WDP&df[vs]=1.0&pd=%2C&dq=.1_1.USD_PPP_PS._T._T._T.HSL_1&ly[cl]=TIME_PERIOD&ly[rw]=REF_AREA&to[TIME_PERIOD]=false&lb=nm https://data-explorer.oecd.org/vis?tm=income%20distribution&...

harimau777 2y ago
Am I reading the data that you linked wrong? It looks to me like US is highest on the chart with $52400. What am I missing?
- hollerith 2y ago
  I agree with your reading.
- cscurmudgeon 2y ago
  You are correct. US is 33rd alphabetically and first by the disposable income. What I find amazing is you have to really count the rows to get that US is 33rd (alphabetically) as the rows are unnumbered. OP did that and didn't realize the rows are sorted alphabetically.
twoodfin 2y ago
I’m trying to understand how that link supports your claim but utterly failing. For net disposable income the US even laps small, rich Luxembourg.
cscurmudgeon 2y ago
You do realize that US is ranked first in the list . It is the 33rd alphabetically!! Thanks for proving my point :) [0] https://data-explorer.oecd.org/vis?tm=income%20distribution&pg=0&snb=13&vw=tb&df[ds]=dsDisseminateFinalDMZ&df[id]=DSD_HSL%40DF_HSL_CWB&df[ag]=OECD.WISE.WDP&df[vs]=1.0&pd=%2C&dq=.1_1.USD_PPP_PS._T._T._T.HSL_1&ly[cl]=TIME_PERIOD&ly[rw]=REF_AREA&to[TIME_PERIOD]=false&lb=nm https://data-explorer.oecd.org/vis?tm=income%20distribution&...
no_wizard 2y ago
In case anyone comes along this. I linked the wrong chart :/ So egg on my face! I meant to link elsewhere but can’t find it again. This again shows the average and not the median, which was not my intention.

wisty 2y ago

I have also yet to see a single WFH advocate explaining how to square their replies to objections (usually "managers should find better KPIs") with their theory of the firm (you don't just rely on KPIs, unless you are as good as Bezos at what he does you can't just treat employees as replacable cogs that might as well be replaced by KPI driven freelancers and subcontractors).