The plural of anecdote is data.
Stories of surging comp packages to hire software engineers with a rising U.S. economy should show up in the salary data. We at Technical.ly haven’t found it — at least not yet. Following this story on nationwide salary data showing stable tech salaries, we tried a more localized look.
DataPhilly founder Michael Becker shared with Technical.ly an inflation-adjusted analysis of Levels.fyi salary data for the Philadelphia metro region. The median salary of a software engineer in Philadelphia has remained fairly steady at $116,000 in recent years — which is relatively low for a big metro area, though it fits this low-cost city. Prominent startup founders like Bob Moore have argued that as a competitive advantage. But that salary distribution is wide, and we keep hearing from CEOs and HR pros that something has changed in the last six months, amid the disruption of the last 15 months.
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