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Assuming that we are speaking about people that works in a company (could be from 2 people to 100k people), either with highest education, high education, education, not educated and is a legal job, not underemployment, what are the lowest salaries in the US? I see that salaries in the US are higher than most salaries in Europe, not to mention comparing with Spain but seems that US is an expensive country.
PS. I am not an indian guy planning to invade your country to steal your jobs. Just curiosity.
Assuming that we are speaking about people that works in a company (could be from 2 people to 100k people), either with highest education, high education, education, not educated and is a legal job, not underemployment, what are the lowest salaries in the US? I see that salaries in the US are higher than most salaries in Europe, not to mention comparing with Spain but seems that US is an expensive country.
PS. I am not an indian guy planning to invade your country to steal your jobs. Just curiosity.
The minimum wage in my state, Washington, is $10 per hour. Our primary city, Seattle,, has a minimum of $15/hr. I own an apartment in Marbella and have travelled around Andalusia and yes, the US is generally more expensive but that could change if the Euro jump back up compared to the USD.
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Multilevel marketing pays an average of $1.50 an hour. Not subject to minimum wage. I've heard some truck drivers at Port of Los Angeles even less.
The truck drivers making little or nothing are not collecting wages,. they are independent contractors, and make nothing until they have paid their truck payment, fuel, insurance and lodging along the way. How much they make depends on how much work they can get, like any other self-employed person.
I see that salaries in the US are higher than most salaries in Europe, not to mention comparing with Spain but seems that US is an expensive country.
Since you are focused on the low end, then no, US salaries are not high compared to Europe (western Europe anyway). The minimum wage is $7.25/hr and lot of people are making less than $10/hr. In most European countries wages are set by collective bargaining and and at least in Scandinavia ~$20/hr is the bottom.
COL is relatively low in the US if you stay out of the popular cities.
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