Close Menu
    What do you all think of this?
    Belgium

    What do you all think of this?

    Share.
    View 29 Comments

    29 Comments

    3. Low_Technician7346 on

      lol I am paid 2600 bruttos in belgium for a 38 hours per week

      stop with these stupid fucking graphs OP use MEDIAN values instead… grow up

    6. BionicBananas on

      Our PPP adjusted wwage is almost three times that of France? Twice that of Sweden? How am I supposed to read this graph, because that seems to be a bit farfetched?

    7. Striking_Compote2093 on

      gross wages lmao. We’re taxed the highest out of the list, of course we’d have high purchasing power if our gross was our net.

    9. Happy_Bread_1 on

      Is buying groceries in France/ the Netherlands/ Germany counted as locally? /s

    10. Spankerboy on

      Guys it’s gross in Belgium it means the gouvernement still need to take 50%

    11. depatronpodcast on

      How the hell is this gap between France and Belgium so big
      Life is a lot cheaper there for sure
      People don’t make significantly less money after tax

    14. BioFrosted on

      While I get the tendency to be loudly unhappy with Belgium (I myself practice this art when someone asks me about Brussels), I feel like a lot of us underestimate how good we have it in Belgium relative to other countries.

      I know it’s gotten much worse as of late but overall, for the work-life balance we get here, the revenues are good. They’re not great, they’re not terrible, they’re just on average… good. Crises aside, you used to be able to have your studio or one-bedroom, pay for all utilities, shop plentifully at most supermarkets and have some money on the side as well for hobbies and what not. You can afford healthcare, depending on the area you live, you should find greenery, restaurants, activities…

      In 2025, 40% of the average net salary went on rent in Brussels. That’s really, really low compared to other EU countries. And that’s not considering that so many people live outside Brussels, where rent can (should?) be even cheaper.

      If you ask me, our idea of *it’s getting worse* is actually our living standards slowly matching our neighbors’.

    15. Outrageous-Border603 on

      A long time ago I read a study stating that, even if net wages where lower then elsewhere, thanks to cheap public services, free education, wage included social security and (relatively) cheaper housing, that lower net wage actually got you further in Belgium then higher net wages elsewhere. This might be the effect here?

    19. Alek_Eleutherios on

      Gross wage is pointless. It can’t be spent.
      Both, BE and NL are at the very bottom once you take out the taxes.

    20. Miserable_Gur_5314 on

      As a Belgian living in Switzerland, I can confirm this graph as BS and probably made by AI.

      My savings here was my netto wage in Belgium …

    21. Nearby-Composer-9992 on

      That’s quite some ridiculous made up bullshit to start the week with.

    22. AttentionLimp194 on

      Thank you for reminding we have it on easy mode here in Belgium 😎

    24. Elegant_Message7494 on

      france is poor as fuck wtf, weird cause i don’t notice a significant difference between belgium and france, i’d rather say the opposite if i had to compare with paris.

    25. Fan2Robot on

      While I like to complain, sometimes about stuff that is maybe not the most important.

      We do have the luck to live life at close to the fullest for mortals like us

      We do have it nice

      Tho fuck em to tax me that much 🙄

    26. TheMyzzler on

      What a load of crap.

      Salaries in Belgium are taxed through the moon, just like in France, while prices for both property/petrol/groceries are fairly similar to France. Median gross (or net) salaries also don’t differ a whole lot between France and Belgium.

      If the metric here is gross wages then just throw it in the fucking bin. What a useless metric.

    27. Prestigious_Bobcat81 on

      Belgium mailman here, in can confirm I don’t earn anywhere near that nor does anyone in my office.

    28. Raziel_Ralosandoral on

      Ew, only two countries between us and the US.

      I’m going to need to take a shower.

    29. smokingkrills on

      Germany isn’t even on the list, but oddly I don’t see a ton of Germans moving to Greece for the better economic circumstances