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Perhaps - in California. Median US Salary is $59,384. Half of workers make less.
by gjsman-1000 2y ago
Perhaps - in California.
Median US Salary is $59,384. Half of workers make less.
- thecosas 2y agoKeep in mind the plant they are talking about is in AZ, where median wages and cost of living are generally lower than California.
- hx8 2y agoMedium individual income in AZ is ~37k. I'm not sure how many Americans would give up a 40hour/week job for a 996 that pays 13k more.
- BobaFloutist 2y agoAZ minimum wage is 14.70. If it was 996 and you somehow only got straight time for working 72h a week, it would pay 55000. Assuming there's no overtime exemption it would be $67000. I'm pretty sure it's not a 996 in AZ.
- TypingOutBugs 2y agoWhy does it have to be 996 at TSMC in the US?
- johnnyanmac 2y agoVery easily if they need to pay overtime here. I'd be very surprised to find an argument of $37k being exempt in any state. They will indeed burn themselves out, but that's their choice of work/life balance vs. pay.
- bluGill 2y agoBy how much? Where I live in IA McDonalds is starting at $17/hour, which is not that much behind California. (and both states are large enough to expect some variation depending on where you live)
- onlyrealcuzzo 2y agoYou need to factor in that only ~30% of workers work full-time. Men with a bachelor's degree who work full-time have a median income is ~$89k - (basically the entire demographic of these TSMC workers). https://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/wkyeng.pdf https://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/wkyeng.pdf
- gjsman-1000 2y agoThe statistic I gave was for solely full-time workers in the US.