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FreeIgboho:
Na lie. Federal minimum wage is $7.25 per hour, that's less than $1000 per month after taxes and deductions

Dey whine.

Im paid 200euro in just to deliver product to another district with truck. I do 2 trips everyday.

Then punch your calculator

Vision101:
Let me disturb your knowledge of economics: what do you think is the reason for lower cost of the items here?

I give up. What?

Instead, we use our cheap labour advantage to make domestic life comfortable — not to build export powerhouses.

This fact of the matter, and is the very deep narrative.

VeeVeeMyLuv:
The op is a very dubious mischievous person
He ought to be comparing with upper middle class in America that earn at least the equivalent of 217 million naira (217,000,000)

Nigeria is not America mate in all ramifications and indices. Call a spade a spade.

Then there'd be no discussion and the thread will never make Frontpage

CorperKola:
The whole argument is pointless cos yourself admitted 1000$ is below the federal minimum wage

It is not though. After taxes $7.25 per hour full time is less than $1000 per month

NwaIgboBoy:
No vex my brother, why are you still in the US? Abi you're serving jail term or you lost your passport.

Why not go back to your sweet Nigeria and enjoy 1.5M per month. When una hear million in Nigeria, you guys will think it still makes value? Bro if they carry you enter Quilox for Lekki with 1.5m you will come out owing the club. However, no club in US can sqander 2k dons. Note I leave in Brooklyn NY.

You probably live in Brownsville. See below, cost of dinner for one in same Brooklyn. Is this type of cost for dinner possible in Naija?

You can pay drivers 50k in Nigeria, or less sef, but you no go fit pay am $200 sef in that abroad

There's dignity in their own labour, no be the slave trade we dey practice here

So there's no comparison at all

Make everybody just dey him lane abeg

FreeIgboho:
Na lie. After taxes minimum wage is less than $1000. See below

you are sending screenshot of an AI generated response. Let me respond to you in clear terms. US minimum wage isn't $7.5, do your diligent findings.

oloriooko:
Tell me who and how many earn 1.5mil monthly in 9ja?
Am no in US but here in 9ja, how many of us earn monthly income of 1.5mil without side hussles and scamming, except you are a minister, rep, senator or oil company worker and few other professions
If i can earn 1.5mil monthly then am a big boy!

Once you have the right skills, you'll earn big even in Nigeria. Na people wey study business administration and don't even have knowledge of Microsoft word no get any hope of such jobs.

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

Nobody can convince you to choose Naija over ANYWHERE until you lose Naija and, like many, you find out the shit hole was not as bad as you thought!

As someone who went and then returned and then went back again, I assure you Nigeria will deal with you. You can lose all you worked for in 15 years abroad in just 2 years in Nigeria. Nigeria is a very very expensive country especially in relative terms. Eg in the UK, petrol costs say 1.50 that's 3000 naira per litre, and in Nigeria just 1000 naira per litre. You might say oh petrol is 3 times as expensive in the UK as it is in Nigeria. But the min wage in the UK IS nearly 13 quid per hour that's 26000 naira, meaning your 1hr salary can buy 8 litres of fuel in the UK.
But in Nigeria monthly min wage is 75k , assuming an 8hr a day working week that's 160hours a month which translates to just under 500 naira per hour, which means ur hourly salary in Nigeria can't even buy a litre of petrol, it can't even buy a loaf of bread..
For your 1 hour salary to be able to buy 8 litres of fuel in Nigeria you will need to earn 1.3m a month which is 17 times the minimum wage.

lenghtinny:
People who come up with topics like this one are only half clever….
The question everyone should be asking is the category of people earning 1k in the US and those earning 1.5 million in Nigeria….

1k usd isn’t up to the minimum wage in America but 1.5m naira is like 20 times the minimum wage

If someone created a thread comparing 70K in Nigeria to $1000 in US will you read it?

silibaba:
Dey whine.

Im paid 200euro in just to deliver product to another district with truck. I do 2 trips everyday.

Then punch your calculator

Nobody is discussing Euro. We're discussing US where minimum wage is $7.25 per hour - less than $1000 per month after taxes!

smartkester:
you are sending screenshot of an AI generated response. Let me respond to you in clear terms. US minimum wage isn't $7.5, do your diligent findings.

Shame. Go school, you no gree

PharoahIII:
As someone who went and then returned and then went back again, I assure you Nigeria will deal with you. You can lose all you worked for in 15 years abroad in just 2 years in Nigeria. Nigeria is a very very expensive country especially in relative terms. Eg in the UK, petrol costs say 1.50 that's 3000 naira per litre, and in Nigeria just 1000 naira per litre. You might say oh petrol is 3 times as expensive in the UK as it is in Nigeria. But the min wage in the UK IS nearly 13 quid per hour that's 26000 naira, meaning your 1hr salary can buy 8 litres of fuel in the UK.
But in Nigeria monthly min wage is 75k , assuming an 8hr a day working week that's 160hours a month which translates to just under 500 naira per hour, which means ur hourly salary in Nigeria can't even buy a litre of petrol, it can't even buy a loaf of bread..
For your 1 hour salary to be able to buy 8 litres of fuel in Nigeria you will need to earn 1.3m a month which is 17 times the minimum wage.

That's why we're comparing N1.5m in Nigeria to $1K in US, instead of comparing minimum wage to minimum wage!

Savenigeria2023:
Enough of these noise and comparisons.

If the conditions are better in Nigeria, the folks abroad will return. You don’t need to sweet talk them into returning.

Less than 2% of folks who left have returned, the remaining 98% who stayed back have their reasons. The government of the day should quit these japa propaganda and focus on making Nigeria work for Nigerians

it’s a simple question. Someone earning 1.5m Nairaland living in Nigeria and someone earning 1 k dollars living in America who will live better life

Edoreborn:
No be d same abroad he made all d money he is bragging about owning businesses and having drivers and chef? Abeg no compare ds useless naija with country wey their head straight?

it’s a simple question. Someone earning 1.5m Nairaland living in Nigeria and someone earning 1 k dollars living in America who will live better life. Una no understand English?

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 .

it’s a simple question. Someone earning 1.5m Nairaland living in Nigeria and someone earning 1 k dollars living in America who will live better life. U no understand English?

shadrach77:
$1000 in the US will live a better life

For 1000 USD you can eat whatever food you like. A can of coke is just $1.

and you cannot eat whatever you like earning 1.5 m in Nigeria per month?
You will live like a king here and become richer in few years

FreeIgboho:
You can open a thread about this. What this thread is comparing is $1K to N1.5m, and it is NOT buffonery

Well, I didn't open a thread, because I know it doesn't make sense. I only reacted here because I was shocked at the utter buffoonery of this one

Lemme know if you want me to apologise. If you ask nicely, I just might think about it.

FreeIgboho:
You probably live in Brownsville. See below, cost of dinner for one in same Brooklyn. Is this type of cost for dinner possible in Naija?

I don't know about you, but my broda based in the canada with his family of 5 earns $6k after tax doing blue collar. This year alone he has saved $12k in his S&P 500(he sent me a screenshotof this and was thanking God he left naija 3 years ago). You people should tell young nigerians the truth! They are wasting away in nigeria. How many upper-middleclass people can save 15million a year in naija? Also you should know that food is very cheap. Those places you mentioned are high end restaurants. You will get a decent naija meal for at least $20

SmartPolician:
Please stop making baseless comparisons. Nobody earns $1000 per month in America because it's even below the minimum wage. It's not like Nigeria where companies still pay #50k per month whereas the minimum wage is #70k.

God bless you. Average family dont earn $1k mothly in the US.
And in nigeria 80% of the population dont earn 1.5m na yeye comparison.

FreeIgboho:
Shame. Go school, you no gree

and you dummy still went ahead to share AI response from Google again😩😂😂. Why are some you people so unintelligent like this

FreeIgboho:
It is not though. After taxes $7.25 per hour full time is less than $1000 per month

Nobody earn 1000 dollars per month in the USA. Not even illegal immigrants. Not even people flipping burgers in MacDonald earn such ridiculous amount.

Don27tiky:
it’s a simple question. Someone earning 1.5m Nairaland living in Nigeria and someone earning 1 k dollars living in America who will live better life

you guys still don't understand. No one earns $1,000 monthly in US. No work will pay you that amount in US. No one can survive on $1,000 in US. US minimum wage is far above that $1,000

FreeIgboho:
I give up. What?

I guess tariffs

It is ignorance. People also forget that it is never greener on the other side as everywhere has its unique challenge

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.

FreeIgboho:
The thread discussion is comparing $1K to N1.5m.
Not wether it makes sense or not

U dont compare what doesn't make sense.
In that USA, a monthly minimum wage can get u 6bags of 50kg rice and change go dey.
How many bags of rice can monthly minimum wage in Nigeria buy you?
That is what u should be comparing.

shadrach77:
$1000 in the US will live a better life

For 1000 USD you can eat whatever food you like. A can of coke is just $1.

Not true, 1000$ cannot cover your monthly rent in any major American city talk less of other bills.

ADUBA1:
It is ignorance. People also forget that it is never greener on the other side as everywhere has its unique challenge

It is very green on the other side
If i am working in USA and earn their monthly minimum wage, i can comfortably afford 6bags of 50kg rice in that same USA.

If i am working in Nigeria and earning monthly minimum wage in Nigeria, i cant comfortably buy one bag in the same Nigeria.

The person converting $1000 that is even less than their monthly minimum wage to Nigerian N1.5million,
Let him convert Nigeria minimum wage 70k to USD lets see if he can buy a pencil in the US🤣

smartkester:
you guys still don't understand. No one earns $1,000 monthly in US. No work will pay you that amount in US. No one can survive on $1,000 in US. US minimum wage is far above that $1,000

why the guy said so is because 1000 dollars is equivalent to #1.5m . Since that is still too small for you . Between someone who earn $10,000 per month living in America and someone who earns the equivalent of #15,000,000 per month living in Nigeria, who will live better?