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Also: an unironic 1%-er income in France is like literally the bottom of the barrel Bay Area salary. If you're at or above the median America is great, outside
by zjp 2y ago
Also: an unironic 1%-er income in France is like literally the bottom of the barrel Bay Area salary. If you're at or above the median America is great, outside of some very high cost of living cities.
- naming_the_user 2y agoYeah, I've always found the "meme" of the 1% kind of amusing. The 95th percentile US taxpayer earns as much as the 99th percentile Brit. Huge, huge difference.
- HPsquared 2y agoThe the UK is quite "unequal pay" as far as Europe goes.
- chgs 2y agoReally teachers and baristas and builders get paid more than 99% of people in France Or are you just talking specific tech jobs.
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- MediumOwl 2y agoAccording to this article (https://www.lemonde.fr/en/france/article/2022/06/03/france-has-4-5-million-rich-people_5985520_7.html https://www.lemonde.fr/en/france/article/2022/06/03/france-h...), top 1% earner in France in 2021 was 7180€ monthly, so ~8000$.
- JeromeLon 2y agoAdding some numbers to this thread. 99th percentile yearly income is: - USA: $819k (2021) - UK: £187k = $247k (2024) - FR: €111k = $123k (2023)