[OC] Median Household Disposable Income in OECD countries, after taxes and transfers

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  1. In before “What figures are they using??” “There’s no way those figues are correct, they’re clearly using figures skewed by a corrupt FFG government” and of course “That’s not the proper metric, the quality of life index gives a much more accurate….”

  2. Just to be clear as well since the title doesn’t point it out, this is PPP adjusted, so makes an allowance for the cost of living here and in other countries.

  3. I’m a bit surprised that Spain and Ireland are so close together at approx 25 – 30k. I have family in both countries, so I have a fairly decent grasp of the comparative conditions.

    Most people I know in Spain don’t even earn €25k gross salary. Most entry level jobs will have a starting wage of about €1 – 1.3k per month. By brother in law is in digital media, and earns €1.1k. He moved to Ireland recently for a new job, and his salary increased to €30k – he felt like a millionaire. Several of my friends are teachers and earn €2k per month, which they consider a good salary.

    Rent etc is lower over there but cosy of living is still at least €10k per year per person.

    So I’m not sure how these numbers were calculated

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