alt Hacker News>The minimum wage in some parts of the US is now higher than the average wage in most of Europe.
definitely not in Western Europe.
>The minimum wage in some parts of the US is now higher than the average wage in most of Europe.
definitely not in Western Europe.
The minimum legal salary where I live will be >€80k in a couple months. The minimum hourly wage is equivalent to about €40k annualized. Does the average person in Western Europe earn €80k?
These types of minimum wages used to be limited to expensive locales but it is spreading across the US pretty rapidly. Now you see minimum wages rapidly approaching $20/hr in places far enough from a major city that houses still cost $250k.