[jghn]

The median *household* income in the US is around 80K. That's well below the *starting* income for a FAANG engineer.

[satvikpendem]

I think the point they're making is that salaries should be higher, given the discrepancy between productivity and pay that started appearing in the 70s [0].

[0] https://www.epi.org/productivity-pay-gap/

[triceratops]

That's the point GP is making. FAANG salaries aren't too high, median salaries are too low.

[fzeroracer]

Yes, thank you. That's the exact point I've been getting at. Median salaries for workers in the US is far too low and should be brought up, rather than fighting to bring FAANG engineers lower which is exactly what businesses want.

[jghn]

I agree with this, but that's a separate argument. I suppose if one viewed "middle class" as a state of being and not as in middle/median, then sure.

[ChuckNorris89]

>Median salaries for workers in the US is far too low and should be brought up

But how do we do this?