salaries

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A. At a basic level, it’s because they need the money: This is a tech revolution that requires unprecedented capital to build gargantuan data centers and pay astronomical salaries.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

College graduates tend to dramatically overestimate their starting salaries, with studies showing that students expect to earn $80,000 to $100,000, while the actual starting salary is around $56,000.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026

They can command higher salaries for their expertise aat the same time that the ever-growing number of data centers is putting upward pressure on everything from semicoinductors to electricity.

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

Working with the council’s leadership, Bass negotiated an expensive pay package with the city’s police union, hiking starting salaries while offering raises and retention bonuses.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026

Melanie said her mother said that the reason Mr. Schmitt never had a clerk for long was that he paid such low salaries.

From "The Egypt Game" by Zilpha Keatley Snyder