based on that article, a US programmer making 80K, or $40 an hour, makes just twice the national average hourly rate of $20. whereas an Indian programmer, making 5K, or $2.50 an hour, makes more than 10 times the national average of $0.24. quite incredible, that the Indian programmer could make just 1/16 of what the American makes, and yet be comparatively richer by a factor of five. one wonders how long the first world as we know it can persist.
thanks for posting.
btw, how rich is a person who is making 5K in India? is it really like somebody making 400K here? can they hire live-in maids, butlers, etc? or are such luxuries the province of the truly wealthy making upwards of 10K? at 10K, or 20 times the national average, that would be equivalent to somebody making $400 an hour here, or 800K a year. such a person can probably afford a butler or two. |
