In push for more Ukraine troops, city of Moscow hikes pay for contract soldiers to $60,000 a year (www.reuters.com)

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[-] dwindling7373@feddit.it 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

According to this: https://www.worlddata.info/average-income.php

It's around $360,000 in the US.

[-] Rose@lemmy.world 10 points 5 months ago

Average is a poor metric, as it accounts for the rich who steal like there's no tomorrow in countries like Russia. Go by the minimum.

[-] dwindling7373@feddit.it 2 points 5 months ago

The minimum what? I'm pretty sure the minimum is 0 in both places. The minimum salary mandated by the government? That's just a policy, it says nothing on how realistic, widespread or sustainable it is within the two countries.

Either way I'm sure there's a perfect metric for a comparison, probbaly the kind of lifestyle you can attain with that income, but I'd be surprised to find it significantly different than this rough estimate.

I also don't believe people attracted by this prospect are economists...

[-] ThrowawayPermanente@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 months ago

Not to underplay how bad things are in Russia, but the gini coefficient is actually a bit higher in the US

[-] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Huh, look at that.

That's income, though, which is correct for this discussion. It's the same colour on the wealth map, and I can only imagine how skewed the raw data is with all the hidden wealth.