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It's hardly 1/5th the tech salary. in the bay area, a BART worker can earn more than a Software engineer. Crate operators in new york earn 150K+, approaching
by pascalxus 10y ago
It's hardly 1/5th the tech salary. in the bay area, a BART worker can earn more than a Software engineer. Crate operators in new york earn 150K+, approaching 500K with overtime and benefits. And 120K isn't 4 times more than 30K, it's more like 2.5 times more when you factor in federal and CA taxes.
- cma 10y agoWhat is the crane operator on-job mortality rate compared with a software engineer?
- avisser 10y agoWhy limit yourself to on-job? You might be 1% likely to die working software, but 20% more likely to lose 1 year of life due to inactivity. Different people might choose differently.
- ericd 10y agoYou cherry-picked two of the most overpaid union jobs.
- rfrank 10y agoCherry picking aside, minimum wage in CA is $10.50, or about $21,000/yr with the (very large) assumption of 40 hour weeks.