<p>Deciding to get some data on the matter of German vs. US prestige as judged by relative mean (I didn’t find median salaries, which would be better) salaries of Engineers vs. rest of population for.</p>
<p>What I found:</p>
<p>Germany:
Gross engineer monthly income: 4196 euros
Gross annual income (overall): 30207 euros
Adjusted engineer monthly income: 3397 euros
Adjusted annual income (overall): 20843 euros</p>
<p>US:
Gross engineer monthly income: $6196
Gross annual income (overall): $42028
Adjusted engineer monthly income: $4710
Adjusted annual income (overall): $31410</p>
<p>The ratio for Germany (monthly eng/annual overall): .139/.163 (gross/net)
The ratio for US (monthly eng/annual overall): .147/.150 (gross/net)</p>
<p>As you can see, there is no discernible difference between the German vs. US prestige as judged by relative mean salaries. However, this could be a result of the increasing globalization of jobs making relative prestige as judged by income pointless.</p>
<p>I must say, I disagreed with Mr. Payne’s argument, but the data seems in his favor</p>
<p>Source:
[U.S</a>. Average Salary Income - Job Comparison](<a href=“http://www.worldsalaries.org/usa.shtml]U.S”>Average Salary in United States for 2024)
[Germany</a> Average Salary Income - Job Comparison](<a href=“http://www.worldsalaries.org/germany.shtml]Germany”>Average Salary in Germany for 2024)</p>