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OredoPikin2:
I would have said u are an Olo..........do.
But dem go ban me.
I just explain that even a gateman earn more than $1000 a month in the USA
But to Earn #1.5million in Nigeria in a month, u will have to be a big director in a big company.
Minimum wage in USA is over $1500
Minimum wage in Nigeria is #70,000
Any comparison should be comparing the value of their minimum wage there to our minimum wage here.
Or is comprehension ur problem?

DoTheNeedful:
I have been living in the US for almost a decade, and I can tell you that the value of $1,000 in the US is less than 90k in Nigeria.

It is surprising that many of you, including graduates, don't understand that you cannot just arbitrarily convert dollars or pounds to naira in this context.

You cannot start a family anywhere in the US with $1, 000. You would need at least a job that pays you $6,000 per month to think of marriage. An ideal monthly salary would be around $10,000.

With 1.5 million in Nigeria, you can afford to marry a jobless partner, support two children, and own a decent car.

You could eat out in Nigeria with 2k, but eating out in the US would cost you around 25 dollars (35k). I get a haircut every month for $50 (75k) in the US. In Nigeria, I could get the same haircut for around 1k.

If you have a baby in the US, you would need to spend around $2,000 (3 million) per month on day care. In Nigeria, you would pay maybe 50k.

I laugh each time I see some posts on social media converting people's salary in UK/US/CA to naira, thinking the naira equivalent of those figures have the same impact in those countries. It is unfortunate that some people have such mentality.

That being said, if you manage to have some savings in places like US and you bring such to Nigeria, you could tie up a project or more.

Gerrard59:
In that case, salaries should be high enough in Ibadan? Or are you targeting elite schools when the parent isn't a elite?

FreeIgboho:
You are the olodo (let them ban me )
Topic of this thread is very clear - we are comparing $1K per month in US to N1.5m per month in Nigeria

occfx:
1.5m in the zoo will serve better outside security risk. Apart from security, give me 1.5m. However, if mistakenly bandits hand touch you. Your own don be

FreeIgboho:
You are the olodo (let them ban me )
Topic of this thread is very clear - we are comparing $1K per month in US to N1.5m per month in Nigeria

Great100000:
Source: https://nairametrics.com/2025/10/24/who-lives-better-income-of-n1-5m-in-nigeria-or-1k-in-the-us/

Great100000:
Source: https://nairametrics.com/2025/10/24/who-lives-better-income-of-n1-5m-in-nigeria-or-1k-in-the-us/

OredoPikin2:
Does the comparison makes any sense to you?
U are comparing the value of $1000 that the lowest earner in USA will earn in less than a month to #1.5million naira that will take almost 2yrs for the lowest earner in Nigeria to earn
How does that make sense to anybody ?
Na the mods wey dey push topics like this to frontpage i blame.

APOPTOSIS:
No one earns $2000 monthly in the entire United States not to talk of $1000

muyico:
which salary, there is pretest here last wk, urging Seyi makinde to tackle hike price of accommodation and agent fee, imagine a room selfcon rent 200k, tp 370k

DoTheNeedful:
I have been living in the US for almost a decade, and I can tell you that the value of $1,000 in the US is less than 90k in Nigeria.

It is surprising that many of you, including graduates, don't understand that you cannot just arbitrarily convert dollars or pounds to naira in this context.

You cannot start a family anywhere in the US with $1, 000. You would need at least a job that pays you $6,000 per month to think of marriage. An ideal monthly salary would be around $10,000.

With 1.5 million in Nigeria, you can afford to marry a jobless partner, support two children, and own a decent car.

You could eat out in Nigeria with 2k, but eating out in the US would cost you around 25 dollars (35k). I get a haircut every month for $50 (75k) in the US. In Nigeria, I could get the same haircut for around 1k.

If you have a baby in the US, you would need to spend around $2,000 (3 million) per month on day care. In Nigeria, you would pay maybe 50k.

I laugh each time I see some posts on social media converting people's salary in UK/US/CA to naira, thinking the naira equivalent of those figures have the same impact in those countries. It is unfortunate that some people have such mentality.

That being said, if you manage to have some savings in places like US and you bring such to Nigeria, you could tie up a project or more.

Skydivine:
Today I cooked a pot of stew that will last for 2 weeks

Tomatoes $6
Pepper $1
Red bell pepper $2
Onions $3
Beef $10
Whole chicken $6
Oil $3
Total $31.

25kg Bag of rice $10
Beans $20
Two slice big bread $4
Semo big size $15
Total $49

$49 + $31 = $80

I have not even spent up to $100 but I have food enough for the two weeks.

Skydivine:
Today I cooked a pot of stew that will last for 2 weeks

Tomatoes $6
Pepper $1
Red bell pepper $2
Onions $3
Beef $10
Whole chicken $6
Oil $3
Total $31.

25kg Bag of rice $10
Beans $20
Two slice big bread $4
Semo big size $15
Total $49

$49 + $31 = $80

I have not even spent up to $100 but I have food enough for the two weeks.

Jeezuzpick:
Don't mind the APC apologists!

The person pulling a salary of N1.5 million in Nigeria, how much will he or she earn in a similar role in the US?

A Bank Manager, Medical Director, or Project Manager in Nigeria might earn about that amount here. Would someone in the same position earn less than USD 300,000 per year in the US?

These people should stop the buffoonery and self-consolation in the name of rational thinking. There's nothing rational about this.

Host78:
this is trăsh.

In the US they can comfortably earn $1000

How many people in Nigeria earn 1million a month to make this a valid conversation?

The lesser paid workers receive 1000 dollars, let's compare this with our lesser paid workers who earn 30k to 70k per month in Nigeria.

Then we can discuss who lives better between the two lower class.

Comparing a low class worker in the US with the upper class earner in Nigeria and then asking who lives better is both mischievous and wicked.

Compare the two lower class and the two upper class and you'll be ready for discussion.

Great100000:
Source: https://nairametrics.com/2025/10/24/who-lives-better-income-of-n1-5m-in-nigeria-or-1k-in-the-us/

Michaelajah:
Stop comparing this shit hole to US
I prefer to have 100 naira in US than to have 100 thousand in Nigeria. E get why .

silibaba:
In the US, that's what one can make in less than 3days doing menial jobs. Can you make 1.5m in nigeria in 3days doing menial jobs?

Goo0dHardDick:
So why are you still in the US?

Dude enter the next flight and come back here where 1.5m Will pay your bills and rent in Nigeria. You think the rent people pay in lekki for just a sef con for 2million is a joke?

Come back here home bro

Vision101:
You have not been there. That's why you think so. There was a time in this country when people from other parts of Nigeria particularly the south east used to think that once you come to Lagos you pick money on the street. People that lived in Maroko, Mushin, Ajegunle, Orile etc. when they go home they painted a picture of El Dorado.

I have someone that after spending so much for a masters in engineering in the UK is still stuck in care job three years after graduation. They have been scammed by a Nigerian into an employment that has no income but they were made to pay £11,000 for skilled labour sponsorship for the wife. You can imagine someone that lives in Aberdeen that is made to go to work in Glasgow and at the end of the month the employer will say that he has no money to pay. She is stuck with it for three years unless there is divine intervention.

Japa is like any other thing in life. Sweet but not sweet for all and all the time. Let's not make it look like El Dorado.

Skydivine:
Today I cooked a pot of stew that will last for 2 weeks

Tomatoes $6
Pepper $1
Red bell pepper $2
Onions $3
Beef $10
Whole chicken $6
Oil $3
Total $31.

25kg Bag of rice $10
Beans $20
Two slice big bread $4
Semo big size $15
Total $49

$49 + $31 = $80

I have not even spent up to $100 but I have food enough for the two weeks.

Michaelajah:
You will never convince me to choose naija over Scotland.

Michaelajah:
Stop comparing this shit hole to US
I prefer to have 100 naira in US than to have 100 thousand in Nigeria. E get why .

Emmabyte:
Where can we get this job of 1.5 million in this una Nigeria
I am beginning to think there are members of boko Haram in this forum