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> competitive jobs Isn't the big news of the day that there's a labor "shortage" and wages are rising?
by xapata 5y ago
> competitive jobs
Isn't the big news of the day that there's a labor "shortage" and wages are rising?
- nostrademons 5y agoYes. Professions where you can walk off the job and find a dozen other ones that have openings (say, software engineer) get much higher wage increases than ones where if you walk off the job you have a very limited set of other employers (say, geologist or elementary school teacher). That's why you have a very bifurcated set of anecdotes, where some people are like "my COLA was still a measly 3% this year" and others are like "I switched jobs for a 20% raise."
- xapata 5y agoI've been hearing about significant wage increases for many jobs, especially at the lower end of the spectrum.