grzegorz wrote:Obviously you would know but I think there other factors such as healthcare which someone who works as McDonald's in the US doesn't get from their employer without having to pay a big chunk out of their pay check.
Interesting read.
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He is a refugee and probably got help from the government to get a job. The laws for working permits for refugees are a bit different so that companies can not exploit these people. his pay $16 hourly, yes that is before tax.
I am not saying $11 isn't the case in Sweden but I have a feeling that this is the wage after taxes.
A few years after my wife came to Sweden she was offered a job at McDonalds she would have received approx 16-17,000 SEK per month before tax, which means about 104 SEK/hour or $11,5 per hour. Yes, this is before tax. If you are below 20 they offer less.
In my first real job, in a travel agency 20 years ago, I had approx $1500/month. Today the same kind of jobs still pay very bad. Some travel agencies and common stores offer their employees $1800/month. Common clerks and office workers get about $27000-3000/month.