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It's a different world. It is important to known if this is before or after taxes and healthcare is free (or rather: paid for by taxation) in the UK.

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Fun bit of trivia: the UK government spends less tax money on everyone's health per capita than the US government does (before you even add on health insurance)

I've only ever heard of salaries being quoted before taxes in the UK - same as the US.

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