You have a lot fewer candidates to pull from too, which is often a more limiting factor for a business.
Business don't need everyone to be a rockstar who's also a FP whiz. But FP languages need that.
Business don't need everyone to be a rockstar who's also a FP whiz. But FP languages need that.
It's true you need some level of expertise and seniority, but that doesn't mean you need to hire only FP wizards, far from it. I believe most modern hybrid languages can be dangerous without supervision.