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Re: [PLUG] Tech jobs and politics, and IT diploma mills
William H. Magill:
>So a starting salary (which, I believe is for a Bachelors with no
>additional credits) of 30,000ドル is pretty massive when compared to the
>median for the rest of the city. And above the medians for both the MSA
>and the suburbs.
Be careful with your use of stats from the census. For example, the
figures you cite aren't as usable as you think. They are broken down
per person, but are per household. The Philadelphia median you cite is
particularly disappointing. What you really need is a breakdown of
salaries for the college educated for the metro area (which can be
retrieved with the Ferret program on the census.gov site if you want to
learn how confusing things can be and how to set parameters). Comparing
someone with a high school education earning 9ドル per hour with a college
educated teacher leads to funny results and not realistic ones. 30,000ドル
is not a great deal of money per year especially after taxes hit.
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