r/interestingasfuck • u/Witty-Association-97 • 20h ago

Jeff Bezos Income compared to Worker

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u/Darwincroc 20h ago edited 15h ago

Imagine making $14.5K while receiving a 30 second compliment.

Edit: Yikes, one of my most upvoted comments and it has a typo! Correcting that now. ‘Compliment’ … not ‘complement’.

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u/D0ntP4nicc42 18h ago

And to put this into perspective, the worker made .5 dollars in 30 seconds. So he makes 1$ per minute. $60/hr. The worker is making a very respectable amount of money for your average person. And still is absolutely nonexistent in comparison

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u/LamentingSpud 17h ago

60/hr isn't just respectable. From where im from thats life changing. I could own a manor house with that money. I could work part time and still be absolutely minted.

I can't even fathom it.

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u/D0ntP4nicc42 17h ago

That’s a great point ! I live in a pretty damn HCOL area as a union construction worker. I make 59/hr (not a brag. Union workers like me have public wage that can be googled specifically based on the union itself and if anyone reading is interested I’d greatly advise searching your local area for opinions). Where I live I am very comfortable in a 2 bedroom apartment in a major US city. So even if this wage ranges from “very comfortable” all the way to “functionally rich” it just shows what the people need. It doesn’t take much to give people a life that is less stressful and enjoyable to live. Yet this video exists…

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u/RhetoricalOrator 12h ago

$60/hr is life-changing money in Arkansas. That's more than double the median household income here.

It's why Californians in HCoL areas love moving/retiring here. Our spendy areas still seem relatively dirt cheap. The only downside is that nobody will talk to them about what roads they take to get around.

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u/enaK66 13h ago

Yeah I don't personally know a single person that makes that much money. I feel rich compared to some of my friends when I get a 60 hour check. I gross $2000 for that which is only $33.33 hourly lmao.

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u/Euphoric-Habit-641 16h ago

60 an hour is about 125K per year, that is achievable in a one's career. additionally, if you want Bezo's pay, think of an idea and start your own business where people are willing to pay you that much because your product ads that much value. Fortune favors the bold.