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Doesn't seem like a low salary to me. Seems that it's about average for Italy ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_European_countries_by_average_wage http://e
by new299 12y ago
Doesn't seem like a low salary to me. Seems that it's about average for Italy ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_European_countries_by_average_wage http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_European_countries_by_a... 2610USD versus 2500 they mention in the article). So I'd guess above average for an entry level position.
I'd somehow guess it's also largely tax free!
- ghshephard 12y agoI'm not sure about Italy, but in the United States, you would definitely want to pay taxes on that income, and, an important part of organized crime (an, as we saw in Breaking Bad, not so organized crime) is laundering the ill gotten gains, paying tax on them, such that you can then spend the money without worrying about the IRS. Because, if there is one thing that scares the Mafia, it's the IRS. They are ruthless.
- emocakes 12y agoshame the IRS is just getting the money for the fed (which is illegal, and doesn't go to providing any public service)
- mathattack 12y agoYes - it was the IRS that got Capone, right? (Or at least according to the movies)
- justincormack 12y agoSouthern Italy is not average wage Italy, it is a very divided country, and there are few jobs, especially for young people, in the south and fewer well paid ones. Youth unemployment in the whole country is 42%, higher in the south.