Study: Over 20 years, Silicon Valley workers’ median wage has fallen by 14%

Posted by ek750 on Friday November 23, 2018 @04:20PM
from the arstechnica.com dept.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/11/study-over-20-years-silicon-valley-workers-median-wage-has-fallen-by-14/

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Re:Study: Over 20 years, Silicon Valley workers’ median wage... by WheelsAtLarge on Friday November 23, 2018 @08:18PM (#18519871)

And they will continue to go down. Infotech as an industry is no longer new. The number of people being trained and automation will certainly bring about a glut of workers relative to demand and reduce the wages.

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Re:Study: Over 20 years, Silicon Valley workers’ median wage... by boomboomsubban on Friday November 23, 2018 @08:35PM (#18519917)

Comparing against the peak of the dot com bubble seems like an interesting choice.

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Re:Study: Over 20 years, Silicon Valley workers’ median wage... by cheez on Friday November 23, 2018 @11:52PM (#18520505)

This is why there is a push to teach everyone coding.

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Re:Study: Over 20 years, Silicon Valley workers’ median wage... by 8bitsrule on Saturday November 24, 2018 @03:56AM (#18521163)

Not a surprise, since the real wage of most American jobs has been flat for 50 years. Boom times don't last.

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Re:Study: Over 20 years, Silicon Valley workers’ median wage... by bhengaij on Friday November 23, 2018 @10:17PM (#18520270)

Has it been adjusted for the living cost? Because I feel (without data) that it would be much worse.

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