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I don't know about kitty litter as my cat Molly does her thing on her travels outside my house. If the cans of cat food are 400gms (14 ounces) then I can get 18 and a half for an hour at minimum wage here, but I'm guessing you don't buy the cheapest judging by your avatar lol.
originally posted by: mamabeth
a reply to: grainofsand
A half a tub of kitty litter or seven cans of cat food or 1 1/2 gallons of gas.
$7.25 seems pretty low when I do the currency exchange, £4.72 an hour.
The other way around, £6.50 for an hour in the UK = $9.97
We are taxed heavily on purchased goods here though, between 5-20% (Sales tax) except for food and childrens clothes which are exempt.
How much petrol/gas will that $7.25 buy where you are?
I'm happy to do the conversion, just curious as about 60 pence in every £1.00 of fuel here goes to the government in tax.
A half a tub of kitty litter or seven cans of cat food or 1 1/2 gallons of gas.
originally posted by: grainofsand
a reply to: ketsuko
Ah that's interesting. We're a small nation here and there are regional variations in wages but the biggest is London compared to the rest of us. I used to be in the Civil Service and just checked the current maximum pay rate for the grade I was when I left.
Inner London - £43,000
Outer London - £42,500
Rest of UK - £40,000
Not a huge difference I'll admit, but every colleague I spoke to at meetings in London was dead jealous of my chilled out walk to work at the seaside and paying half the rent they were. That tiny bit extra called "London weighting" was definitely not enough. It is why I never moved to London.
Regional variations in property prices are a much bigger issue in the UK than wages.
Ohmygosh, just done the calculation, at current exchange rates your petrol is 46 pence a litre but at my nearest station it is £1.20, that works out to be $6.96 for a gallon in your area.
60% of that is tax though, and I'm guessing you don't get stung by that as much as we do?
Wow, yep I get that!
originally posted by: ketsuko
Our standard of living here would increase a lot. That just gives you an idea of the relative differences in cost of living between Missouri and California.