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As a CompE and EE major who switched to software after graduation like 20 years ago, EE work was also like way harder IMO. They SHOULD be getting paid more. But they don't seem to be. I switched due to low salary and few available jobs and never looked back.

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IIRC intel pays the “Median” compensation for a position. This ultimately doesn’t mean much in semi when intel was hiring 3/4 of the engineering talent.

Inflation has been brutal to gen y/z in ways that aren’t tracked. A recent college graduate in EE makes about the same they did 30 years ago, but paid 10x for college and 4x for housing.

Same here.

Soon after graduation (~y2k) I know another, older EE who just retired early because it just wasn't worth it to work (and his SO made good money). The salary he was going to get with 10 years experience as an EE was about what I got straight out of college.

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