tst123TIL the US is the only rich country offering no national paid parental leave
StrikerLife Pro Tip for Americans: If you can save up for a plane ticket and go to another country. Europe would be my recommendation. It amazes me that there isn’t a mass exodus going on in the US. I don’t understand why anyone would possibly choose to live there tbh.
HotzillaAs a European, I would make 3-4x in my job if I was American. Of course somethings would be more expensive (education, healthcare, housing). Personally I would be better in states. I would still not want my county to change to states, because that inequality is not good for the whole country.
For the average person, America is much better than most places in Europe.
For people who aren’t doing as well, though, it’s much worse.
I think you’re vastly overestimating jow well-off “average” is in the US.
Yea, middle-upper middle class in America = rich in Europe.
chakan2Upper middle class is the top 10%…So yea, 9 out of 10 people aren’t doing so great.
Low end of Middle class, 50%, is still making a good college degreed salary in Europe.
You’re reading that article completely wrong…the numbers you posted are medians for upper income earners. The median US worker does not have 6 years of higher ed. I think only 20-30% even have a bachelor’s.
The median income in the US is 50k as of 2022. The 90th percentile is 120k-130k.
Those are disgustingly low for not having universal health or any social safety net like the rest of the industrialized world.
50k is more than most Europeans make with 3-6 years of education… That’s my point.