[pfranz]

> Before corona, it was around 12-13% in Australia compared to 8-9% in the US, 3-4% is a non-trivial difference.

I was looking over the past 10-20 years (I have no idea how long Australia has had a high minimum wage...I figured that wasn't a recent development). Around 2008 the discrepancy had the US 10% higher.

> Not everybody is able to find a higher-paying job, that's why we still see people at age thirty working in checkouts or McDonalds.

I agree. What I had (incorrectly) drawn from your statement was graduating implied they were pursuing a field--not the average person. I just saw that the US has 44% working low-wage jobs.