<story><title>A Look Inside Airbus’s Alabama Assembly Line</title><url>https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/03/magazine/a-look-inside-airbuss-epic-assembly-line.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>erentz</author><text>This was the most striking part to me: &amp;quot;According to The Seattle Times, the starting rate at the Airbus plant, about $16.50 per hour, is comparable to the starting wages at Boeing’s passenger-plane plant in Renton, Wash. But the Airbus pay scale tops out at $23 an hour, while experienced Boeing workers can earn $45.&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;We now have so much surplus labor that even this relatively skilled job only pays $16.50 an hour.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>iamthepieman</author><text>The cost of living matters just as much as your wage in quality of life.&lt;p&gt;Here&amp;#x27;s[0] a 3 bedroom, 2 bath home for 170k within 4 miles of the plant&lt;p&gt;and here&amp;#x27;s[1] an even less expensive one under 5 miles from the plant&lt;p&gt;If you look at the rental market, you can get apartments and small single family homes from around $300 per bedroom&lt;p&gt;[0]&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.zillow.com&amp;#x2F;homedetails&amp;#x2F;307-Michigan-Ave-Mobile-AL-36604&amp;#x2F;51022837_zpid&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.zillow.com&amp;#x2F;homedetails&amp;#x2F;307-Michigan-Ave-Mobile-A...&lt;/a&gt;
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<story><title>A Look Inside Airbus’s Alabama Assembly Line</title><url>https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/03/magazine/a-look-inside-airbuss-epic-assembly-line.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>erentz</author><text>This was the most striking part to me: &amp;quot;According to The Seattle Times, the starting rate at the Airbus plant, about $16.50 per hour, is comparable to the starting wages at Boeing’s passenger-plane plant in Renton, Wash. But the Airbus pay scale tops out at $23 an hour, while experienced Boeing workers can earn $45.&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;We now have so much surplus labor that even this relatively skilled job only pays $16.50 an hour.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>JBReefer</author><text>You&amp;#x27;re overestimating both the level of skill required to start and the cost of living in Alabama.&lt;p&gt;Alabama is CHEAP, and taxes are very low.</text></comment>