Baybe: How can you compare Nigeria with USA?

After paying taxes, you'd be left with nothing.

highlandre:

Earn that in the US for 5yrs and compare yourself with someone here with Nigeria's minimum wage...you wouldn't need a mathematician to tell you that a it's not funny living on N18,000 in Nigeria!

Mr. Mann:

Lies, they would still be able to afford GOOD food on their table, GOOD roads, GOOD transportation services, GOOD health services, steady power supply. Why is there less poverty over there, cos everyone can manage him/herself. They get paid every 2 weeks too and on time. In naija your salary don finish while transporting yourself from home to work and vice versa..... In naija you can easily recognise a poor man, in America the gap isn't that wide.... America is FAR FAR better than Nigeria. Let's call a spade a spade.

ayobase: The state of California's minimum wage of $10 (N1,500) per hour to start by 2016. It seems it is about $8 (N1,200)at the moment.

A US citizen that works 10 hrs daily for 20 days gets approximately N300,000 ($2,000) per month!

Nigeria's is N18,500 ($123) per month. Meaning N92 ($0.6) per hour pay.


Why won't people wanna run go greener pasture.

#Im just saying ni o#


http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2013/9/12/bill-set-to-raisecaliforniaminimumwageto10.html

segcy.moor:
Have you ever know someone that never apply for American Visa lottery .....I tell you I am part of them because it never appeal to me even though I didn't born with silver spoon
It's a matter of how you parckage yourself. You can be comfortable here

mayten30: can you see how dumb u can be?an average amount u pay for a rent of 3 bedroom flat here in nigeria is around 400k or 500k per year,to get that same kind of house at usa you will spend at least 800 dollars per month depending on the state,800 dollars which is more than 120000 naira monthly,and about 9600 dollars in a year which is about 1.5 million naira,you never calclulate the taxes u go pay ooo,and also some other expenses,na people like u go dey complain say ur family member wey dey usa dey very stingy not knowing and understanding how things work over-there,because you here 8 dollars per hour u just quickly start to dey convert am enter naira and start to dey happy.lol.na the value of the naira make u feel say the money too much,imagine if 1 dollars equals just 10 naira that means 8 dollars per hour for 10 hours will be 800 naira in a day and about 24000 naira per month,

Mr. Mann:

Lies, they would still be able to afford GOOD food on their table, GOOD roads, GOOD transportation services, GOOD health services, steady power supply. Why is there less poverty over there, cos everyone can manage him/herself. They get paid every 2 weeks too and on time. In naija your salary don finish while transporting yourself from home to work and vice versa..... In naija you can easily recognise a poor man, in America the gap isn't that wide.... America is FAR FAR better than Nigeria. Let's call a spade a spade.

Baybe: They use the taxes gotten from rich men to take care of the poor.

That's why I envy them other than that, the cost of living over there is ridiculously high

mcjacve: Well, our National Assembly earn more than their Congress.

pro2010:

You do not know what you are talking about.

9jadelta: house a month in America costs about 1000 dollars a month
in Nigeria u will live in a good flat for 10000 a month

you see the difference
this is the kind of thing that makes people want to leave naija thinking its paradise in USA without planning what exactly they want to go and do or how they will live when they get there

Exponental: If not for political greed, Nigeria would have been better irrespective of minimum wage.

Allohrandy: The minimum wage in california state is not $10 but $8 per hour so thats like $1100 per month before taxes. The average rent for a 1 bedroom apartment in a month is $1200 so after paying your rent you are left with nothing for food and other expenses like utilities and bills.

rusher14:
Well People need to realize this comparison though somewhat unfair relates to the minimum.

A man on minimum wage in the USA lives waaaaaaaaaay (for emphasis) better than a man on minimum wage in Nigeria.

No question about it.