[thatwasunusual]

All this data is available on the interwebz. I'm a Norwegian, but has worked in several countries around the world, among them the US.

According to this site,[0] the median income in US and Norway was $24K-ish in 2021 (2019 numbers for Norway), while this Wikipedia article[1] lists countries based on average annual working hours (OECD, 2022).

Based on this, we can deduce that:

* Americans are paid $13.3/hour

* Norwegians are paid $16.9/hour

It's worth noting that even though Norway doesn't have a "general" minimum wage, except for some jobs, it's considered to be $21/hour.

[0] https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/median-in...

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_average_a...

[e12e]

Fwiw those numbers look sensible for Norway - but note that median household income after tax is about double (590k nok):

https://www.ssb.no/statbank/sq/10090867

Not sure how that compares to the us numbers.

[thatwasunusual]

> but note that median household income after tax is about double (590k nok)

I think most people understand that if you add two people's median income, you'll end up with approx. the double. :)

[e12e]

That's true, but that's not quite the same as eg: single household median income vs median of all household incomes.

Let's say 90% of men in the US and Norway worked full-time and 80% of women in Norway and 60% in the US worked full-time (or vice-versa) - the various subsets of medians (individual vs families) might not be sensible to compare.