Where are you on the global pay scale?

[MindMover]

Do you earn more or less than the world's average wage? Type in your monthly salary and we'll give you the answer.

The average wage, calculated by the International Labour Organization, is published here for the first time. It's a rough figure based on data from 72 countries, omitting some of the world's poorest nations. All figures are adjusted to reflect variations in the cost of living from one country to another, and as Ruth Alexander of BBC radio's More or Less programme underlines, it's all about wage earners, not the self-employed or people on benefits.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-17543356

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Hmmmm....Luxembourg....how much is that plane ticket and what language do they speak????

[napoleon_in_rags]

1. Man, Israel is surprising.

Maybe we really do need to send them those food boxes you see advertised on Fox news. $1800 a month average salary?

Its funny to think how the world would change if we had teleportation devices. Imagine how many Tajikistanis you your average McDonalds worker could hire as servants.

[HiPointDem]

2. Israel has become one of the most unequal developed countries, very far from the early

quasi-socialist mentality of the kibbutz etc.

In Israel, tens of thousands have joined nationwide protests against high costs of living and growing income inequality. Protesters have set up more than 40 tent encampments scattered across Israel, with as many as 120,000 people turning out to demand lower taxes and increased access to education and housing. In Jerusalem, some 15,000 gathered outside the home of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. We go to Tel Aviv to speak with Dimi Reider, an Israeli journalist and co-editor of 972 Magazine. "What’s happening in Israel is nothing short of revolutionary," Reider says. "We see left-wingers, right-wingers, Palestinian Israelis, Jewish Israelis, ultra-Orthodox, LGBT activists, all coming together to protest against certain issues that they all have a common problem with. The issue of occupation, however, has been largely missing from the protests, partly as a strategic choice by the organizers."

http://www.democracynow.org/2011/8/3/thousands_protest_widening_inequality_in_israel

Study: Income inequality growing faster in Israel than in other developed nations
Bank of Israel report cites lack of state involvement, heterogeneous population growth for the disparity; study also indicates growing gap between educated, uneducated.

http://www.haaretz.com/business/study-income-inequality-growing-faster-in-israel-than-in-other-developed-nations-1.421277

[Kennah]

3. Luxembourgian or Luxembourgish

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxembourgish_language

[Paka]

4. They speak French in Luxembourg.

[dipsydoodle]

5. Interesting

especially because it accounts for cost of living differences.