No, they don't. "It is hard to make any sweeping conclusions that software pays more than hardware, or vice versa. The myth of software always being more lucra

No, they don't. "It is hard to make any sweeping conclusions that software pays more than hardware, or vice versa. The myth of software always being more lucrative may be unfounded, but the sentiment does exist among young professionals looking to choose career paths." I.e. there surely exist hardware positions that pay better than some software position. One has to be careful with statistics, you can't start with the aggregate and predict the individual case.