Bloom store in Accokeek, Maryland. Bloom was a chain of mid-grade North American grocery stores operated by Food Lion, originally established in 2004. The parent company of Food Lion, The Delhaize Group, announced in January 2012 that it was discontinuing the Bloom brand.
That gives you the answer-the world's average salary is $1,480 (Â£928) a month, which is just less than $18,000 (Â£11,291) a year. But these dollars are not normal US dollars. The economists use specially adjusted exchange rates-the average salary is calculated in Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) dollars.
Average annual salary falls to â¬40,775. The average workerâs wage fell to under â¬41,000 last year â a drop of over 4.5% since 2008. According to the latest figures from the CSO, the average annual salary fell from â¬41,226 in 2010 to â¬40,775 last year â a drop of 1.1%.