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> but note that median household income after tax is about double (590k nok)

I think most people understand that if you add two people's median income, you'll end up with approx. the double. :)



That's true, but that's not quite the same as eg: single household median income vs median of all household incomes.

Let's say 90% of men in the US and Norway worked full-time and 80% of women in Norway and 60% in the US worked full-time (or vice-versa) - the various subsets of medians (individual vs families) might not be sensible to compare.




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