Hourly wages in Germany are not that different from the US. Depends a bit on how exactly to compare - nominal, PPP, net/gross, etc.: e.g., average nominal is about 10% higher in the US, real median is higher in Germnay, ...

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thunderbird120 39 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

>median is higher in Germnay

I cannot think of any standard by which this is true, certainly not by nominal or PPP income for either personal or household income.

[1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Median_income

[2]https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/median-in...

	▲	RandomLensman 31 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Table on page 10: https://www.boeckler.de/data/downloads/IMK/FMM%20Konferenz%2... Not looking at households or disposable income here but at hourly wages.

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throwaway93135 an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

Overlooking that we are comparing the richest EU state to all 50 US states, doesn't that further the point that having unions is are at best uninfluential.

	▲	RandomLensman 38 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		No. (And comparing one country to another seems fine anyway.) Hard to make the case that unions in Germany have had no effects on wages, working time, etc.
	▲	tovej 34 minutes ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Real wages are higher in every EU country with strong unions.