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Those numbers seem... Odd? Or at least skewed by geography. The typescript number is less than what glassdoor says for junior level JavaScript in my area.

They are median numbers of everyone who took part of the survey, IE worldwide audience. You can check the data yourself to filter for your country here: https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey

well, it supports the argument that clojure peeps get paid more. can confirm, touchin the parens (now with square and curly brackets!) all day

Probably just selection bias.