No. In order to compare a wage to GDP one should calculate the amount of money that the employee actually costs the employer.

So tax is in. I need to compare the same kinds of things. The American numbers are also pre-tax.

Here in Sweden though, the fully pre-tax numbers are rarely reported. Rather, what is reported is the wage minus a 1-1/1.3 tax, so I have to reverse that tax by multiplying by 1.3.