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It's not a "good" wage in the US. It's exactly median.

Which is fine, someone has to be median, but really underwhelming for the (presumably highly-educated and talented) head of the #1 national historical monument.

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It's £64K, not $64K (which is indeed about the median in the US). So, not bad.

Ah I misread that, but $86k is still not good for a highly educated professional.

It is good for a professional with specialization in history.

Superintendent of Mount Rushmore is paid $125–160k

So roughly the same salary :). After subtracting health care, pension, etc plus currency exchange.

No, you did not subtract those things from the UK pay. The $86k pre tax UK wage comes down to something like $64k post tax. Whereas a $125–160k US earner in South Dakota takes home $97-120k, paying another $6k for health insurance. 91 is in fact larger than 64.

Highly educated?

It's a leadership role, there's no education requirements on it.

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