That explains (to me) a lot the choice of ranges for the poll. $176k seems to be on the high-end worldwide.
Overall, because of the buckets and the problem with the wide variations over location, the results will be mostly useless. However, it's still getting upvotes (though much less than actual votes on the poll), most probably because of the fact that most people really want to know how much others are making. Is it because they're not sure they're being taken advantage of?
The salary taboo is an odd thing if you think about it. It's really at the advantage of the employers and employees overall would most likely all benefit from knowing how much others are making. Also, they are a lot of regular people whose salaries are public (engineers, nurses, doctors… working for local governments for example) and their lives are fine :) Yet, it's hard to even ask how much somebody makes, let alone share yours.
I made the mistake of sharing my salary with a colleague many years ago - I was making almost 2x their salary with similar time and experience but was considered "high potential" ... I have not discussed salary since.
my NYC salary of $176,000
That explains (to me) a lot the choice of ranges for the poll. $176k seems to be on the high-end worldwide.
Overall, because of the buckets and the problem with the wide variations over location, the results will be mostly useless. However, it's still getting upvotes (though much less than actual votes on the poll), most probably because of the fact that most people really want to know how much others are making. Is it because they're not sure they're being taken advantage of?
The salary taboo is an odd thing if you think about it. It's really at the advantage of the employers and employees overall would most likely all benefit from knowing how much others are making. Also, they are a lot of regular people whose salaries are public (engineers, nurses, doctors… working for local governments for example) and their lives are fine :) Yet, it's hard to even ask how much somebody makes, let alone share yours.