Whats the hourly rate of New Zealand Vs USA money?

Hmmmm I live in Australia and I make $80 an hour and work anywhere form 2 hours (like today) to 10 hours a day., but then I work for myself - I sacked the boss. To properly answer your question you'd have to categorise the industry you are in - what sort of work do you do and at what age? In Australia the standard working week is 38.5 hours for someone who works for a boss but that also depends on their industry. Some people work 9 day fortnights, some work 7 day weeks. Once upon a time things were more standard but now that our hopefully soon to be EX Prime minister has brought in his IR (Industrial relations) Laws all that has just about gone out the window. Now your boss can demand you work longer hours, extra shifts and if you refuse he can sack you. In some industries an adult might earn $12 an hour, somewhere else $15 and elsewhere maybe even $20. What you have to consider is that in the USA (ttbomk) employers may pay you less on an hourly rate but you get stuff like Hospital and Medical cover and even cheap or free housing thrown in as part of the deal. Plus you get tips (i you are in a service industry - we don't. Tipping is not expected in AUS or NZ. You do your job and get paid, that's it.) In Australia and NZ that is almost never the case other than with some high end salary packages for executives. So we have to pay rent and pay for Hospital and Medical cover ourselves. Consider these things and the pay rate is probably fairly even for the same kind of job. The A$ is always worth more than the NZ$ but the US$ is always more than ours but we are catching up at almost 82c US to $A1, a far cry form when it was expected to drop below the 50c mark some years ago. The best comparison of wages between countries is not how many dollars you get paid but how many hours of work you have to do to be able to afford things. This is also a measure of how well your country's economy is doing. I think New Zealanders spend too much time chasing sheep that's why their dollar is worth less than hours.