One major thing stifling tech salaries in recent memory was the tech companies themselves: https://pando.com/2014/03/22/revealed-apple-and-googles-wage-fixing-

One major thing stifling tech salaries in recent memory was the tech companies themselves: https://pando.com/2014/03/22/revealed-apple-and-googles-wage-fixing-cartel-involved-dozens-more-companies-over-one-million-employees/ https://pando.com/2014/03/22/revealed-apple-and-googles-wage...