Comparison average Salaries by Country - Video...

Interesting, some surprises.

Wonder if cost of living were factored in how it would work. These probably are not quite the same as standard of living.

Venezuela being at the bottom is not a surprise, but its sad. They have lots of oil, more natural resource wealth than most. I did some work there years ago and found the people relatively well educated and industrious. Just goes to show what an absolutely awful government can do to a county...
 
Too bad the figures were gross, not net after taxes. Denmark and Norway might be a lot closer to Burundi then.

Here in the US there are wide regional swings affected by cost of living. Wages are relatively low in Nebraska, yet it has the lowest unemployment rate in the country (1.7%), the opposite of what you'd expect. The labor shortage is so severe several fast food places shut down dining rooms, drive thru only due to lack of people. I took a hefty pay cut when I moved here, more than 15%, but at the end of the month I was still better off, even with the stiff sales and property taxes.

By way of comparison, even doubling my salary to work in San Diego (the other offer) would have bankrupted me. That's why I don't see much value in those comparisons like the video. They leave too much out.

Now I'm retired, if I had moved to California I'd be on food stamps and living in a tent on the sidewalk. Instead I own my home outright, and I live modestly but in the black on just social security. Granted it would be a nice tent on the beach but crackheads for neighbors isn't in my future.
 
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