You intuition is incorrect

权威机构的世界城市消费水平排行（比单纯比较中国国外有意义的多）文章来源: 北京上海世界第一

http://web.wenxuecity.com/BBSView.php?SubID=backhome&MsgID=60160

World cost of living index:

Beijing 95.6
Shanghai 90.4
Boston 77.0

So, if you are making US$100k in Boston, you will need to make about RMB 940k in Shanghai, not 400k.

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• 税前10万，到手多少？税后人民币60万等于税前多少呢？ -72195- ♀ (72 bytes) () 02/03/2006 postreply 09:51:29

• 不过在美国拿不到10万年新的人，在中国的确也拿不到60万人民币。 -72195- ♀ (36 bytes) () 02/03/2006 postreply 09:56:02

• 张朝阳？ -赵飞燕- ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/03/2006 postreply 10:04:15

• I agree with this one. In fact, -pieq314- ♀ (263 bytes) () 02/03/2006 postreply 11:01:26

• $100k pre tax is about $60k after tax -pieq314- ♀ (210 bytes) () 02/03/2006 postreply 10:57:12

• 哪国的法律，要付40%的税？在开玩笑吧？ -要说葡萄是酸的- ♀ (733 bytes) () 02/03/2006 postreply 13:09:41

• Just want to be extremely conservative. And -pieq314- ♀ (83 bytes) () 02/03/2006 postreply 13:49:59

• 这么保守的你，难道国内的40w，不也需要保守地用吗？ -要说葡萄是酸的- ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/03/2006 postreply 14:32:03

• Nobody said you have to pay 40k tax out of 100k income, plus you -1107- ♀ (183 bytes) () 02/03/2006 postreply 13:52:14

• I am just being very conservative. -pieq314- ♀ (206 bytes) () 02/03/2006 postreply 13:57:43

• I agree with you. Those are your money -1107- ♀ (287 bytes) () 02/03/2006 postreply 14:28:34

• 连你自己的存款都算在tax里头，好玩好玩 -要说葡萄是酸的- ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/03/2006 postreply 14:29:58

• I'm talking about net cash inflow, not tax. -1107- ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/03/2006 postreply 14:32:08

• 楼上你明明在说pre-tax, - after-tax -要说葡萄是酸的- ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/03/2006 postreply 15:13:53