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Re:The STEM Crisis Is a Myth (2013) by pacaro on Saturday August 31, 2019 @07:04PM (#20849365)
Median income in 2017 was $52k for men and $42k for women [1]

Median income for an RN in 2017 was $70k [2]

So, in the US it's fair to say that nurse is a moderately well paid job. Of course compared to west coast tech salaries that doesn't look so amazing, but compared to what many life sciences PhDs are earning while fighting for a tenure track job it doesn't look so bad

[1] https://www.census.gov/library/publications/2018/demo/p60-26... [2] https://m.nurse.plus/how-much-nurses-make/

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Re:The STEM Crisis Is a Myth (2013) by rdtwo on Saturday August 31, 2019 @10:16PM (#20850143)
There is demand at low wages considering they have to work Long shifts and all hours of the day often rotating between days and nights
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