What is the average salary in the US or Well where we are not

Each person evaluates his mission in life especially individually: we all have different goals, different views and, especially, opportunities. However, if we try to draw a line dividing all our convictions on how to live in the country in which we still live, it could probably be the following: one big category will be those who say something like: "Needed where was born". The second significant category will consist of those who decide: "In Russia, too, you can earn." And earn! Somewhere in the middle of the "hang", probably the majority of people dreaming of foreign countries and never tried to risk it. And, finally, at the end of the picture, those who are determined to leave their native places forever will remain.

Judging by the number of search queries, most citizens of the latter category are interested in America. And really, what is the average salary in the US?

Service statistics "PayScale" provides the following data as of April 9, 2013. Average salary in the USA:

The figures are based on the received funds for the year.

If we talk about a change in the working life of Americans in recent times, then, of course, we can not fail to mention the crisis that has made its corrections. Thus, according to the data from the report of the New York University, the average salary in the USA for the majority of the population of the country (middle class) has undergone changes in the direction of a significant decrease. So, as a result of a survey conducted last year by the Institute for Economic Policy, 20% of families recognized themselves as poor, while at the beginning of the recession, their number was no more than 15%.

This, however, can not be said about highly educated specialists and well-to-do Americans: according to the same data, the average salary in the USA of this category of citizens in 2012 was 229 times more than the average American salary.

As a result of the crisis, social inequality in the country acquires a global scale, which, in the opinion of some experts, may well lead to a new financial crisis.

As for the most paid profession in the US, it was and remains the profession of a doctor. According to statistics, the average salary in the US for a doctor is about $ 155,000 per year.
Here it should be taken into account that unlike in Russia, where the law pays for treatment at the expense of taxpayers (and it is quite possible to receive it despite long queues and not always high quality), the doctor's services are paid in the USA.

The same medical insurance costs $ 200- $ 1000 per month per American, which makes it impossible for hospitals to treat poor people (whose income is less than $ 40,000 per year).

For the sake of justice, it is worth taking into account the level of tax reaching up to 35% of earnings.

The minimum wage in the US (cleaners, loaders, handymen) is on average $ 7- $ 8 per hour.

In general, if you are not a high- profile specialist , the US at the moment is not the most favorable country for immigration. Some businessmen confess in their interview that they have plans for the Caribbean islands. Maybe someone should think about the same?