The wage increases of workers in technology areas such as Valley, Seattle and New York are still far higher than the wages of workers outside the tech space, even when adjusted for the cost of living.
However, there are indications that as the cost of living continues to grow in these places, and wages may not be able to grow more.
According with research of tech recruiting platform Dice, of its 10.705 US employees, the Silicon Valley offered the highest average salary for technologists in 2017.
Respondents who worked in Silicon Valley technology reported an average salary of 114.654 dollars for the year. Cities with respondents who reported the next higher wages were: Boston, New York, San Diego, Washington, and DC / Baltimore.
However, Silicon Valley also saw an unusually small annual increase in 2017 technology wages, as the figure reached 0,4%. According to Dice CEO Mike Durney, Silicon Valley's technology wages are rising each year by 2006 and are increasing annually to reach 4% over the last few years that Dice is conducting this research.
On the other hand, many places where technology wages see higher levels of growth are areas that are not commonly considered as technology nodes in the US. Average Philadelphia salary increased by 7,7% from 2016 to 2017, while wages in Portland and Tampa increased by 6,5%.
But even with this growth boom, respondents in Philadelphia reported an average salary of $ 97.415 - almost $ 17.000 less than the average salary in Silicon Valley.
Of course, there is no sign that growth will continue - according to Dice, as the average technology salary in Philadelphia fell by 5% from 2015 to 2016.
According to company which conducted the survey, this was because more posts were added last year work με υψηλή αμοιβή στη Philadelphia, καθώς οι τεχνολογικές επιχειρήσεις στην region rose sharply.
