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Europeans get lower salaries than Americans, but they receive better benefits.

So who makes more? The average American pay is still one of the highest. But not by an enormous amount.

I asked AI to help me understand the explanation. From Perplexity:

the speaker argues you should use median, equivalized, disposable, PPP‑adjusted income from sources like OECD and World Bank, because those numbers reflect what people can actually spend after taxes and transfers and are better aligned with household living standards.

Here’s the data.