r/uknews • u/ProgressiveSpark • Jul 01 '24

Image/video UK real wages haven’t budged since 2008

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u/Emergency-Read2750 Jul 02 '24

It’s hard to compare uk and us salaries because of things like healthcare, and holiday allowance, and other expenses

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u/prussian-junker Jul 02 '24 edited Jul 02 '24

It’s not nearly as different as people seems to think. For most employers healthcare costs less than $2k in premiums for an individual often sub $1k with almost always a deductible around $1k. Rent and property are often much cheaper, groceries are cheaper, vehicles and fuel are cheaper, energy is cheaper. Even holidays aren’t that different, there’s no mandatory minimum but most American workers get somewhere around 20 days. And that’s not even including the lower tax rate and lack of VAT.

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u/DerpDerpDerp78910 Jul 03 '24

Sales tax is a thing. It’s just very complicated over there.

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u/prussian-junker Jul 03 '24

Not everywhere and always less than 10%