San Diego ranks fourth for tech salary pay?

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Submitted by fsbo on September 22, 2009 - 10:12am

"San Diego
A good deal south of Silicon Valley, San Diego is home to the nostalgic Gaslamp Quarter, a picturesque coastline, and a thriving tech industry. Between the University of California-San Diego, San Diego State University, and the University of San Diego, research plays a big role in the community, and researchers draw funding—which helps nurture further innovations, according to Connect, a regional nonprofit. Connect's chief operating officer, Camille Sobrian, says new data collected by the organization show significant increases in the number of start-ups and the amount of venture capital funding in the second quarter.
City officials boast that the metro area has one of the highest concentrations of high-tech companies in the nation. San Diego also ranks fourth for tech salary pay, according to Glassdoor data—above the more expensive cities of Washington, New York, and Boston."
http://www.usnews.com/money/careers/articles/2009/09/15/10-best-places-for-tech-jobs.html?PageNr=2&-C=

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No, wait, that can't be
Submitted by svelte on September 22, 2009 - 12:26pm.

No, wait, that can't be true...

If you believe the other threads, SD is going to become a ghosttown with all the high paying jobs fleeing north/south/east/west/under a rock.

We can't possibly be paying the 4th highest tech salaries with all the jobs that are leaving!!! :-)

svelte wrote:No, wait, that
Submitted by creechrr on September 22, 2009 - 2:07pm.

svelte wrote:
No, wait, that can't be true...

If you believe the other threads, SD is going to become a ghosttown with all the high paying jobs fleeing north/south/east/west/under a rock.

We can't possibly be paying the 4th highest tech salaries with all the jobs that are leaving!!! :-)

That all depends on who you ask and how they want to see the stats.

I know many people want to believe that San Diego County is an afluent utopia (especially North of the 8) but, that simply isn't true. And, becoming even less true everyday.

I obviously don't have any hard data to back it up but, there sure seems to be a large number of families/individuals that are just getting by. And, I'm talking about the basics, rent, food, utilities. With credit being scarce for the majority it's only getting harder.

Those that went before us spent their futures and the futures of those of us unfortunate to have a slightly better grasp on youth than they. My son and his cohort are going to be even worse off than mine.