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Originally Posted by jolinar of malkshor
Maybe you should check some figures first before you go claiming that McDonalds pays almost the same as the military.
The average salary in the military with housing, food, tax exemptions and healthcare is $42,000.
Yes when you first startout you make less, just like any other job. Starting wage in the US army for the lowest rank is $15,000 per year without any of the perks and not including up to $40,000 in signing bonuses.
McDonalds in the USA usually pays minimum wage which in a lot of states is only $5.15 an hour. Can go up to $8.50 an hour in CA but non the less very minimum. SSo lets see working at the highest rate of $8.50 per hour one would make 17,680 per year. No bonuses, no tax exemption, no hiring bonus. You might get a free unifrom and a discount on food. So I think the pay in the US armed forces is much better than McDonalds.
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You have links to any of that? My brother in his first year of service made around 17,000 per year. At the same time, me, working at a fast-food resturant in Pincher Creek was making around 20,000 per year, if I work 8 hour days. Being a student that is impossible.
Sure its Canada and the US, different wages, and such, but there is no way a first year military man would make more then 20 grand.