Beef chorizo: an Argentine buys 95 kg per month, an American buys 131 kg.

An iconic cut like the chorizo steak serves as a relentless thermometer to measure the distance between economies. Although Argentina produces and offers this product at nominally accessible prices on shelves, the comparison with the United States reveals a persistent gap: the average American salary allows for a significantly larger volume of high-quality meat on the table. This analysis, based on updated data from supermarkets and official sources, highlights how income determines real access to consumption, beyond the price per kilo. In the U.S. market, the direct equivalent of the chorizo steak is the New York Strip Steak, especially in its Choice Angus quality version. According to current list prices in supermarket chains, a steak is priced at $17.97 per pound, resulting in a final value of $39.62 per kilo. The average annual salary reported by the Social Security Administration reaches $62,192, equivalent to an approximate gross monthly income of $5,182. With this ...