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Adding some numbers to this thread. 99th percentile yearly income is:

- USA: $819k (2021)

- UK: £187k = $247k (2024)

- FR: €111k = $123k (2023)

Really teachers and baristas and builders get paid more than 99% of people in France

Or are you just talking specific tech jobs.

According to this article (https://www.lemonde.fr/en/france/article/2022/06/03/france-h...), top 1% earner in France in 2021 was 7180€ monthly, so ~8000$.

And what is 8k/month in terms of US percentile?

Family income: 60 Individual: 75

Yeah, I've always found the "meme" of the 1% kind of amusing.

The 95th percentile US taxpayer earns as much as the 99th percentile Brit. Huge, huge difference.

The the UK is quite "unequal pay" as far as Europe goes.