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by im2w1l 4251 days ago
> I suspect most people make less than 65k because the few at 120+k take many people at 40k to balance things out.

That's not how medians work

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Garbage in Garbage out

Your assuming salaries are not inflated and that the ratio of people reporting salaries is constant at all income ranges and the reported numbers are accurate. I doubt any of those are true. So, IMO to observe a 65k median suggests the actual median is below 65k.

PS: Don't forget grad students count as recent CS grads and there generally not making anywhere close to 65K.