It's not the cost of hamburgers. It's the idea that people working in fastfood would earn a livable wage just like a plumber, builder or electrician that frightens the shït out of some Americans. Because being concerned about what someone else earns is one of Americas greatest pastimes.

The two most shocking f*****g mind-boggling stats about America is that 40% of their gigantic homeless population actually work, many with more than two jobs. Some mind -numbing 45,000,000 Americans live in abject poverty. Nearly the population of an average sized European country. How has this been done? In the TV series 'Deadwood' the evil tycoon Hearst said before he had the local newspaperman murdered "Im getting one of these (newspapers) to spread my own lies".

Remember we also have free education (from school to university), free healthcare, pay when you are sick AND all that above in Denmark. And not because of socialisme.... because of a tax-payed wealfare-system....

Wait you mean that USA workers don't get vacation ? I don't get it ?

So quit the lie that the US is the best country in the world.

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people are on here complaining about the higher taxes as if its not literally given right back to them via free healthcare, free education, and good benefits in the workplace

Anyone wanna guess what contry have MC Donalds have had a union deal since 1985?

Pension is required by law in Norway. And all the other things are considered mandatory in companies.

Trickle down theory is horse crap, but FDR proved that trickle UP does work, and raises all boats. You have been lied to and stolen from, Americans. Burn down every Corporation because they are your masters.

Where's all my burger money going?

Well we keep accepting it, so...

What is the average cost of real-estate in Denmark? Less overhead means you can pay your crew better with the same cash flow.

That’s easy to understand, because greedy CEOs and board members want a bigger check no matter what

McDonald´s Mexico: $1.5usd/hr.

Yoda just came . #1 should it be .

I'm gonna go out on a limb though and say currency/cost of living isn't a 1 for 1 comparison between the two

Ah, yes, the famous Big Mac Index, recognized by economists of all types as a very poor reflection of economic realities. But, I'll play along... Entire book chapters can and have been written about this, but let's put it into a few of tiny, tiny nutshells. This is a reflection of a strong dollar. We WANT to be at the top of the index, it's a sign of economic health. Right now, only Norway and Switzerland are above us on the index, so we need to do better. U.S. only went higher than Denmark on the Index in 2017. So, you must think U.S. was better than Denmark before 2017. Who's at the bottom of the index? Venezuela. $0.66 for a Big Mac. Why, it must be an economic paradise there! As others have said, many, many things are factored into the cost of a Big Mac, and labor is just one thing. If McDonalds started paying $60.00/hr, would you expect the price to drop to Venezuela levels? Oversimplified factoids shouldn't be the basis for serious arguments.

They will be more expensive because the owners would still want the same profit

The problem is franchisees that are private owner's licensing the McDonald's name that want to make enough money to buy their mansion and 4 cars while their employees starve.

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It's not minimum wage that's the problem. But, again, Milton Friedman would say something about the price controls that are minimum wage. Minimum wages cause unemployment.

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Because it’s just not this simple . I am not opposed to living wages for “unskilled workers” if it can be done , please don’t think I’m saying that. But there are just more factors than this .. Denmark doesn’t have to pay The same kind of benefits that America does ( free healthcare free education etc) Denmark is a hell of a lot smaller than America is and doesn’t have to pay the same kind of transportation costs to get supplies , taxes aren’t the same , etc etc I actually don’t know for sure if these reasons apply to this exact scenario but you can’t make blanket statements like this of comparisons without recognizing the vast differences between America and Denmark . Maybe Denmark can produce cow meat year round quite close to their buildings and don’t have to pay the gas and labour etc to transport it across a huge country , maybe Denmark skips a middle man somewhere that America can’t resulting in the difference etc etc I do know in Canada which I think would be a..

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What this photo doesnt mention is Denmark's 52% tax rate!