• seapat@lemm.ee
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      9 days ago

      Because the German salary is net and I thus assumed that the Dutch salary is as well.

      What do you mean by ”sudden”?

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        9 days ago

        Why net? In Sweden we only ever talk about gross, or as we save “before taxes”, as it varies around the country.

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          9 days ago

          Germans do too, no idea what OC was thinking about. It indeed doesn’t make sense to talk about net as that changes with personal circumstances.

          The group E12 that was mentioned starts at 4170€/ month gross. That’s just under the German average wage (but above Median).

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          9 days ago

          Same in the Netherlands, so I’d assume the Dutch salary is gross as well.

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            9 days ago

            Well the German one isn’t though, so this is like comparing apples to oranges

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              9 days ago

              Yeah I think that’s the point they were trying to make :)

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          9 days ago

          Why net?

          Because E12 refers to a very specific salary table. Hence the German salary must be net.

          Why would you compare Net and gross salaries?