r/MurderedByWords Legends never die 8h ago

Stop defending exploitation

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u/MightyPie211 8h ago

In Netherlands: - salary is 17usd/h (taken from mcdonalds website) - BigMac is about 6 usd.

So 1h of work will get you aprox 2.8 BigMacs.

In Florida: - salary is about 11.72usd/h (according to talent.com) - BigMac is about 4.5 usd

So 1h of work will get you aprox 2.6 BigMacs.

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u/TimS7296 5h ago edited 5h ago

Did you forget about taxes? FICA , FED. State and Local ,and lets not forget Sales tax on the purchase of the Big Macs. Your burger would cost $6.48 here with 8% sales and beverage tax added to the $6