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Originally Posted by Dotty
I recently returned from Switzerland for a holiday (which has one of the highest paid salaries in the world)Brazil is one of the lowest!!Minimum salary 450 reais (in most jobs)unless you are a lawyer or doctor,doctors get paid as little as 13 reais per hr + Natal!Corretors have no salary,just a small commission.Teachers are paid 600 reais a mth ,language teachers 12 reais an hr , university lecturers 3 times that.Coffee was cheaper,supermarkets cheaper,air fares cheaper,wine cheaper,pizzas cheaper,hotels cheaper,so I cannot agree that it is cheap to live here.I have lived here for years!When you compare salaries the gap is enormous.
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Dotty,
You agreed that for 10k R$ per month, 2 adults + 2 kids could lead a pretty good life in Brazil. The same in Switzerland (i.e. maid & gardener, etc. etc.) cannot be had for 10k R$ per month. That is 3.7k €, you might be able to have the same in switzerland for 20k € per month, but not much less.
I totally agree that there is a huge salary difference, but this is a discussion about cost of living not salary rates in different countries.
Where in switzerland did you go btw?