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0 pointsergocoder4y ago0 comments

Having more choices improves salaries especially when we look at the average.

This should nontrivially impact the average salary.

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As an engineer, I don't see how my hypothetical ability to lift dressers affects my pay

When I graduated with my degree in electronics, I found the software industry paid much more than the electronics industry, so I entered the software industry.

If the electronics industry wants to hire me, they would have to pay higher salaries. So the salaries in one industry (software) can drive up salaries in another (electronics)

Admittedly, nobody's leaving programming to become a miner - but plenty of jobs pay less than mining, so it could explain a pay gap in some parts of the salary range. Especially in countries like Australia with big resource extraction industries.

Thorrez4y ago

Yes, a salary raise in industry A will lead to a salary raise in industry B. Industry B has no option to stop hiring people altogether, so they have to hire at the higher wage level.

But a gender gap in industry A will not lead to an gender gap in industry B. Industry B will just hire the cheaper gender until industry B has no gender gap.

jcims4y ago

Now isn't when it counts. You have to look back at when you and your friends were selecting a career. Everything after that is competition/retention.

Thorrez4y ago

Yes, it improves salaries. But it will improve salaries for both men and women at non-physically demanding jobs.

At non-physically demanding jobs, men and women are competing with each other fairly, so if the salaries demanded by one group go up, the employers will hire the other group until the salaries are equal.

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bagacrap4y ago

As an engineer, I don't see how my hypothetical ability to lift dressers affects my pay

michaelt4y ago

When I graduated with my degree in electronics, I found the software industry paid much more than the electronics industry, so I entered the software industry.

If the electronics industry wants to hire me, they would have to pay higher salaries. So the salaries in one industry (software) can drive up salaries in another (electronics)

Thorrez4y ago

Yes, a salary raise in industry A will lead to a salary raise in industry B. Industry B has no option to stop hiring people altogether, so they have to hire at the higher wage level.

But a gender gap in industry A will not lead to an gender gap in industry B. Industry B will just hire the cheaper gender until industry B has no gender gap.

jcims4y ago

Now isn't when it counts. You have to look back at when you and your friends were selecting a career. Everything after that is competition/retention.

Thorrez4y ago

Yes, it improves salaries. But it will improve salaries for both men and women at non-physically demanding jobs.

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