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by commandlinefan 2060 days ago
Wait, a web developer makes 1600 Euros but a "shop assistant" makes 3/4 of that?
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Yep, they are a tad bit on the "extreme", but not that much off, if you asked me, I would have answered, from personal knowledge (these are "net" income, i.e. with income tax already paid):

shop assistant: 1,000-1,100 Euro/month but for 13 months of wage[0]

web designer[1]: 1,800-2,200 Euro/month but for 11 months of work only

[0] the 13th month wage is only part of the full month wage, but for low pays, like 1,000-1,100 it is a large part, probably 850-950 Euro

[1] maybe you are misguided on the definition of web designer, here in Italy that generally (but not always) means "a self-educated programmer that makes a somewhat basic living doing a few very small company sites at 500-2,000 Euro each and, if he/she is good, maybe has a handful of yearly contracts to maintain them, at 100-200 each per month".

> the definition of web designer

Ah, good point - usually people who call themselves "web designers" in the US have degrees in CS and make comfortable 6-figure salaries.

In Poland, Czechia, or even Germany - yes. In Italy and Spain they're lucky if even have a developer job and that would be considered a good salary.

1200 for shop assistant is rather unlikely.