Keep in mind inflation biases in wages. Certain jobs, like software, tend to be disproportionately huddled into high inflation areas. So this drives wages up, w

Keep in mind inflation biases in wages. Certain jobs, like software, tend to be disproportionately huddled into high inflation areas. So this drives wages up, while jobs like plumbers are spread about everywhere which (relatively) drives wages down. So for instance Salary.com puts San Francisco skilled plumbers at a $90k median wage [1], electricians at $105k [2], etc. [1] - https://www.salary.com/research/salary/benchmark/plumber-iii-salary/san-francisco-ca https://www.salary.com/research/salary/benchmark/plumber-iii... [2] - https://www.salary.com/research/salary/benchmark/electrician-iv-salary/san-francisco-ca https://www.salary.com/research/salary/benchmark/electrician...