[Darmody]

But the US is not the only first world country.

I live in one and my salary is a little less than 30k and I'm not a junior. My junior colleagues are at around 20k, so for them it's actually 10%.

[xcv123]

I never expected a first world country to pay that little. I live in New Zealand. Your colleagues are earning less than our minimum wage.

So apparently first world is not the same as "high income". In that case I would buy something from Taiwan.

[Darmody]

Well, this is the salary in many European countries. Spain is the 15th economy in the world and these are the salaries.