Labor > Working time to buy Stats: compare key data on Canada & United States

A car: Hours worked by average worker to buy a car. Indicative of the purchasing power of the currency of the country.
Beef: Number of minutes worked by average worker to buy one kilo of beef. The comparison of income levels only becomes meaningful if the cost of buying the necessities and luxuries of life is also considered.
Bread: Number of minutes worked by average worker to buy bread.
Chicken: Number of minutes worked by average worker to buy one kilo of chicken. The comparison of income levels only becomes meaningful if the cost of buying the necessities and luxuries of life is also considered.
Milk: Number of minutes worked by average worker to buy 1 litre of milk.

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STAT	Canada	United States
A car	1,552 hours Ranked 5th. 6% more than United States	1,459 hours Ranked 8th.
Beef	48 minutes Ranked 12th.	50 minutes Ranked 11th. 4% more than Canada
Bread	7 minutes Ranked 12th.	14 minutes Ranked 2nd. Twice as much as Canada
Chicken	16 minutes Ranked 12th. 33% more than United States	12 minutes Ranked 14th.
Milk	5 minutes Ranked 6th. 67% more than United States	3 minutes Ranked 11th.

SOURCES: International Metalworkers' Federation, The Purchasing Power of Working Time 2002: An International Comparison of Average Net Hourly Earnings 2001 (International Metalworkers' Federation, Geneva, 2002)

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