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Re:What STEM shortage? Electrical engineering lost 35,000 jo... by dagw on Friday January 17, 2014 @10:34AM (#7076260)
If these[1] numbers are anywhere near accurate that simply isn't true. Median income is $72,630 and 75th Percentile income is $92,510. So at best you can say that perhaps the 20% highest earning programmers in US make over $100K.

[1] http://money.usnews.com/careers/best-jobs/computer-programme...

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Re:What STEM shortage? Electrical engineering lost 35,000 jo... by TheCoelacanth on Friday January 17, 2014 @10:58AM (#7076404)
"Software Developer"[1] is three times as common and has a median income of $89,280. Most programmers are actually classified as software developers.

[1] http://money.usnews.com/careers/best-jobs/software-developer

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Re:What STEM shortage? Electrical engineering lost 35,000 jo... by vonmoltke on Friday January 17, 2014 @11:05AM (#7076444)
If you dig into the details[1], there are 4 major cities where the average is at or above $100k, and at least one where it is close.

[1] http://money.usnews.com/careers/best-jobs/computer-programme...

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