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squigz 5 days ago

All non-student Americans on HN are making 6 figures or something, I guess?

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monkeyelite 5 days ago | parent [-]

In software? Yes - no matter which part of the country. Maybe a few hold outs in the 90k.

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astura 5 days ago | parent | next [-]

The jr's in my company are making $60-$70k.

Anyway, the government actually compiles this information

https://www.bls.gov/ooh/computer-and-information-technology/...

>The median annual wage for software developers was $133,080 in May 2024. The median wage is the wage at which half the workers in an occupation earned more than that amount and half earned less. The lowest 10 percent earned less than $79,850, and the highest 10 percent earned more than $211,450.

	▲	monkeyelite 4 days ago \| parent [-]
		Yep, those numbers agree with my comment. Note that also includes QA in those numbers and roles which are not software engineer.

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squigz 5 days ago | parent | prev [-]

That's laughable.

Anyway I'm not American, Indian, or European. I guess I don't exist!

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monkeyelite 5 days ago | parent [-]

You’re telling me you don’t live in America. But also you know better about salaries and standards of living in America.

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squigz 5 days ago | parent [-]

I don't think one has to live in a country to be able to look up and read statistics, or talk to people who work there, or read job postings from there, or have worked for companies in that country, or...

Anyway I'm not really sure why you're so insistent on this focus of America. HN (and the Internet in general) is a pretty diverse crowd... which was sort of my point

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monkeyelite 5 days ago | parent [-]

My claim is about US salaries for software engineering roles.

Please share your stats.

	▲	squigz 5 days ago \| parent [-]
		Your claim is that all non-student Americans on HN are paid 6 figure salaries. Please share your stats.