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		pjc50 on Sept 14, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Tech Workers Deserve a Union: An Interview with Et... > most tech workers aren't in the top 5% of earners No, I really did check https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/percentile-points-f... before posting that stat. (I guess this is where Americans start discovering how badly paid the UK as a whole is)

Clubber on Sept 14, 2023 [–]

>I guess this is where Americans start discovering how badly paid the UK as a whole is

Holy moly. In the US you have to earn just over $240K USD/yr to break the top 5%. At least you don't go bankrupt when it's time for elder care.

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/01/24/how-much-money-you-have-to-e....

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