EU referendum, brexit and the aftermath

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Stonehedge in reply to @Dammit

I suspect the main attraction to our workforce is that they are low paid, compared to similar manufacturing jobs in the EU. I also read somewhere that the average American manufacturing worker earms $5 per hour more than the average British manufacturing worker.

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laner in reply to @Stonehedge

this seems to suggest it's only 2 dollars more in the US (assuming avg 40 hour week), and taking into account the extra holiday pay in the UK and the NHS i think staff here might be getting the better deal

https://tradingeconomics.com/country-list/wages-in-manufacturing?continent=g20

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Stonehedge in reply to @laner

I hadn't considered working conditions. Good point.

The US reports $21.86ph, the UK $19.50ph. I incorrectly read the overall wage average for the UK, looking at overall average wage instead.

Worth considering that purchasing power parity is nearly 35% higher in the US.

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