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Regarding (1), it seems you're comparing individual incomes with household incomes. Due to the prevalence of dual-income households, this is a fatal mistake. Tw
by nilkn 13y ago
Regarding (1), it seems you're comparing individual incomes with household incomes. Due to the prevalence of dual-income households, this is a fatal mistake. Two engineers married in Silicon Valley, both one year out of college, will easily hit $180k in combined income, probably even $200k or more. That's why the local 5% mark is as high as $350k for households.
- judk 13y agoWe are long way off until women's and gay liberation makes married engineers a common sort of family.
- nilkn 13y agoRegarding same-sex marriage, you don't have to be married to live together, and while I can't say for sure, typically in income surveys there's a distinction made between household income and family income, with the latter being reserved presumably only for formally married couples. If this pattern holds true in this case, then these data would include unmarried couples living together. Also, there are a number of careers in the Bay Area that are going to pay a lot besides software development. I was really just using developers as a metaphor for any job paying in the low six figures.