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Re:Why 3.5M Americans in their prime years aren’t working by mcguire on Saturday February 24, 2018 @06:07PM (#16456017)
The median personal income in the US is $31-35k. The median household income was $59k last year.

What exactly are the requirements for a "web developer" with 3-5 years experience? More or less than a registered nurse with 3-5 years experience (~$60k)?

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Re:Why 3.5M Americans in their prime years aren’t working by maxsilver on Saturday February 24, 2018 @06:26PM (#16456111)
Except nursing is experiencing a major shortage too - https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2016/02/nursing-s... So if anything, the low wages for nurses just just further supports the parent comment -- wages are too low.

If you want to fill a shortage, you need to start by raising wages substantially. If for no other reason than to at least allow new students some hope of ever repaying the always-increasing college costs required to enter these fields.

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Re:Why 3.5M Americans in their prime years aren’t working by eli_gottlieb on Saturday February 24, 2018 @10:00PM (#16456882)
Look, I'm not evaluating their virtue as human beings or their contributions to society. I'm saying that in a functioning market economy, prices/wages reflect an informed estimate of the balance between supply and demand. If you're telling people stories of a shortage and sky-high prices, then offering to buy for well below "sky-high", well, you're lying to someone, and let's just hope it's yourself.
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Re:Why 3.5M Americans in their prime years aren’t working by sjg007 on Saturday February 24, 2018 @07:27PM (#16456378)
RNs make 100k easy in any mid city market.
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