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How Long You Have to Work Minimum Wage For One Beer, By Country

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No matter where in the world you live, you’re working for the weekend. How much you can enjoy said weekend, though, varies greatly from country to country. Meet Quartz’s Beer Index. It’ll make you glad you’re not in Georgia.

The full chart, below, shows just how many hours you have to work at mimimum wage to afford a single draft beer in a given country. The numbers come from Numbeo (beer) and the International Labor Organization (…labor), and show that while we in the United States are no Luxemborg, we still have things pretty darn good:

So the next time you find yourself getting frustrated with your 9 to 5, remember that you’re just 24 minutes away from your next six-pack. [Quartz]

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