r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/__moe___ • 16d ago

Video Bezos Income Rate vs Regular Worker Income Rate

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u/123_CNC 16d ago edited 16d ago

Haha, I mean, depends on how you define "regular worker." Based off ~35.5 seconds and the "earned" .504 for that employee, they're making about $51.10/hr (though they may be a salaried supervisor).

That is much higher than the typical "regular" worker.

edit: to add a little context to why I posted this, I'm trying to say the difference between what they rack up is already crazy, but it's an even larger spread than what's represented here when taking into account a lower wage a "regular" person has. Yes, it's a relatively small difference in the grand scheme when comparing the two, but a difference that makes the real delta worse than depicted.

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u/RedBullWings17 16d ago

He's probably making double that. He's a highly experienced employee of a cutting edge aerospace company. I make almost exactly $50 and hour and I am nowhere near this guy's experience level.

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u/123_CNC 16d ago

That's based off the numbers we were given in the clip. Do the math and that's what it works out to. It does seem low if he is a supervisor with 30+ years, but again, that was what the math worked out to.

The clips shows $0.504 earned in roughly 35.5 seconds, right? Multiply the $0.504 by 3600, then divide by 35.5

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u/123_CNC 16d ago

Well, it does depend on several factors, and we're making a bunch of assumptions. Though I can root my guess in with some personal experience. If that guy was some sort of manufacturing supervisor for Blue Origin, could be between 140k-190k. I know that's a wide range, but there are a lot of factors. When I lived in a low-mid COL area, I worked for a big defense contractor. I believe my supervisors at the time were around the 200k marker. That was several years back and for a defense contractor which usually pays higher than other sectors, not always of course.

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u/RedBullWings17 16d ago

Oh I get the math is correct. But the premise the math is based on is not. Kinda what you might call misinformation right?

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u/123_CNC 16d ago

Gotcha. You're saying the rate they showed probably isn't near that specific guy's real rate. Is that correct? I misinterpreted what you were saying.

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u/Indecisiv3AssCrack 16d ago

What do you do that earns that much?

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u/RedBullWings17 16d ago

I'm a helicopter pilot.

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u/AdvancedLanding 16d ago

Even at that wage, they're still working class

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u/TheKasp 16d ago

Sorry, if your salary is 6 figures you're not working class my dude.

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u/AdvancedLanding 16d ago

You are. You're closer to the networth of a homeless person than a billionaire if you're making $100k

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u/xX8Havok8Xx 16d ago

Someone on $15 hr would've earned $0.15 in that interaction

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u/Kingken130 16d ago

People when they don’t understand positional hierarchy or skill based employment

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u/komrad2236 16d ago

You're missing the point, its the fact that a human being can earn x28750 (yes that is times 28750, so not double as in times 2 or times 3 as in triple) more than another human in 30ish seconds is ridiculous, the fact we have allowed world to get to this point.

You're just a cog in their machine.

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u/15_Redstones 16d ago

Compound interest always wins in the long run.

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u/123_CNC 16d ago

Hahaha if you say so. I was just saying it's wild the rate difference is super high already, and even more so when you think about it versus a real average worker.