In the case of "S" and "M", those wages are below median for the country and in some cases not even livable for the first 6 years of a career [1, 1a], and peopl

In the case of "S" and "M", those wages are below median for the country and in some cases not even livable for the first 6 years of a career [1, 1a], and people struggle with rent well into middle age [2]. For better or worse, Science and Mathematics are case studies in "limitless immigration" and the result is wage suppression to the point of not being able to afford rent on a shared apartment and food at the same time. NB: this isn't an argument against immigration. We should welcome all. But we should also truly require reasonable prevailing wages, no matter what. Otherwise everyone loses. [1] https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-03478-x https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-03478-x [1a] graduate students are often instructors of record on courses and conduct funded research. These are jobs. [2] https://www.science.org/content/article/professors-struggle-recruit-postdocs-calls-structural-change-academia-intensify https://www.science.org/content/article/professors-struggle-...