An inferential statistical analysis on the 2021 StackOverflow Annual Survey results to find who makes the big bucks in the U.S. tech sector
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- Data Cleaning
- Missing Data Imputations
- Explorative Data Analysis
- Modeling
- Linear Regression
- Hierarchical Linear Regression with random Intercepts
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Ceteris paribus
- Women earn ~10% less than men
- East Asians and Caucasians earn ~13% and ~5% respectively more than Hispanics
Ceteris paribus
- Higher education gives you higher pay
- Aging pays well until you hit 45-55
- Technical roles pay more
- Larger organizations pay better
Washington State and California are associated with higher tech compensation than the mid-West.