Originally Posted by DamageX

Your example is not only flawed, but also irrelevant to this discussion.

First of all, I never spoke about any averages, you did. I simply stated that at that income rate you may simply be better off holding a factory job. To back that up, try finding out how much General Motors factory employees make in Germany, you'll get my point.

Second, I am pretty sure MaDalton was speaking about NET wages of ?1-2000/mo. Meaning that the gross COST of such a wage would be at least 1.5-2x that, depending on company, after taking into account income tax, social security taxes, employer's taxes and whatnot. These would differ from from company to company and even from region to region. So again, you're comparing apples to oranges.