/StackOverflow2021Survey-RegressionAnalysis

Regression analysis on StackOverflow 2021 Annual Developer Survey results to find out who makes the big bucks in technology.

Primary LanguageR

2021 Survey Regression Analysis

An inferential statistical analysis on the 2021 StackOverflow Annual Survey results to find who makes the big bucks in the U.S. tech sector

Data 📋

Download the Data from StackOverflow.

Methodology 👩🏻‍💻

  1. Data Cleaning
  2. Missing Data Imputations
  3. Explorative Data Analysis
  4. Modeling
    • Linear Regression
    • Hierarchical Linear Regression with random Intercepts

Findings 🔍

Read the full report here or below for highlights

🔑 Gender and Race matters

Ceteris paribus

  • Women earn ~10% less than men
  • East Asians and Caucasians earn ~13% and ~5% respectively more than Hispanics

🔑 Experience, Job Description and Employer matters

Ceteris paribus

  • Higher education gives you higher pay
  • Aging pays well until you hit 45-55
  • Technical roles pay more
  • Larger organizations pay better

🔑 Location matters

Washington State and California are associated with higher tech compensation than the mid-West. map_bystate