German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Friday he would not advise young people in his country to move to the United States for study or work, in the latest sign of cooling ties between Berlin and Washington.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Friday he would not advise young people in his country to move to the United States for study or work, in the latest sign of cooling ties between Berlin and Washington.
Except for Denmark, Switzerland, and Luxembourg. Germany has lower real wages than 1/3 of its neighbors, and it gets worse if you compare median wage instead of the average, which gets pushed up artificially by the super-rich.
Yes, you’re right. I did mention those. Denmark is not much higher though, Luxembourg is only an option for people in specific fields really, and all three are tiny compared to Germany whereas the US is an enormous labour market. If you adjust those neighbours for their population size compared to France, Poland, Netherlands, Czechia etc. then it’s still higher than the overwhelming majority though. Real wages in Austria are pretty good for academics but otherwise not great either. But yes.