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5 years ago, under the competition for talents in major factories, the "annual salary of 250,000 is just the price of cabbage" refreshed the popularity of artificial intelligence to a new height. At the same time, the development of artificial intelligence has not failed to live up to the efforts of all parties, in recent years, with alphaGo defeating human Go master Ke Jie, deep machine learning Deepfake to achieve "face-changing" technology, AI pre-training model BERT release, GPT-3 stunning debut and other landmark events, artificial intelligence and deep learning technology has also achieved a leapfrog breakthrough.
However, after a brief explosion, the turning point seems to have arrived. According to the latest annual technical compensation report released by online recruitment company Dice, a dramatic side has emerged, with the competitiveness of machine learning, natural language processing, and artificial intelligence experts declining during 2021, and there are multiple factors behind them.
"Annual salary of 250,000 is just the price of cabbage" has become a thing of the past?
Survey data shows that the average salary of machine learning, natural language processing and artificial intelligence experts fell by 2.1%, 7.8% and 8.9% respectively during 2021, with the largest decline in the salary of artificial intelligence jobs.
In addition, the salaries of occupations with stronger specialization and strong demand, such as data engineers and data scientists, have also declined slightly. Data engineer compensation fell 1.1% to $117,295 today. Data scientist salaries have grown by just 0.6 percent over the past year and are now $120,650.
Many netizens speculate that this is the use of artificial intelligence technology to "replace" themselves?
In response, Dice pointed out in the report that one possibility is that the salary of these positions in 2021 is a lagging indicator, and the salary of these high-growth, high-value positions is expected to start to rise in early 2022 and throughout the year.
It may also be related to the proliferation of some automated tools. As you have personally experienced in the technology circle, in the past period of time, with the deepening of digital transformation, some code-free platforms and automation tools have emerged in an endless stream, bringing great convenience to enterprises and users. For example, it is not uncommon for data analytics applications to allow employees of all backgrounds to work directly with their organization's databases. While these tools won't replace highly specialized technicians, they're about streamlining other employee workflows. Therefore, after many companies achieve intelligence at a certain basic level, the requirements for talents are further raised, and it is difficult to find key talents that are very suitable for their own enterprises, which leads to some companies delaying the recruitment of certain positions.
Meanwhile, Michelle Marian, Dice's chief marketing officer, said in her analysis of the reasons behind this phenomenon, "An important factor is that more technologists are learning and mastering AI skills today. Given that this skill has become a hit, the successive increase in talent over time has led to employers being paid slightly less than ever before. This is proven in a range of certifications and other highly specialized technical skill sets. ”
Average salaries in the tech industry are peaking, with web developer salaries growing the fastest
However, according to Dice research data, the overall salary level of the technology industry will rise during 2021, with the average salary rising by 6.9% to $104,556.
Source: IEEE Spectrum
Among them, after the decline in 2020, the salary of managers rose by an average of 6% in 2021 to $151,983, ranking first in the list of average compensation. The second most profitable was the system architect, up 5.1 percent to $147,991.
In stark contrast to artificial intelligence, database administrator compensation increased by 12.4% during 2021. However, considering that many companies rely on databases from sales to building data science projects, and the huge demand for storing, cleaning and analyzing all types of data drives companies to constantly update and iterate on their own databases, it seems to be expected that the salary of database talents will rise.
Average salary category by occupation, source: Dice
The demand for technical engineers has increased dramatically, as many businesses realize that building a business often requires an equal investment in internal processes, including the technology stack, and over the past year, the salaries of technical support engineers have increased by 12.4% year-on-year to $77,169, and their main task is to ensure that software and hardware systems continue to operate.
Similarly, salaries for system administrators (up 6.2 percent) and system architects (up 5.1 percent) increased significantly year-over-year as companies looked for technicians who could build, maintain, and scale their technology stacks in a variety of environments. As more organizations move to the cloud, the complexity of the technology stack will only increase, requiring technicians to have more specialized knowledge to do their jobs.
Looking at the tech world, the fastest-growing pay is among established web developers, who grew 21.3 percent in 2021 and earned an average of $98,912.
Breaking the curse of programmers is to eat the curse of youth, and the older the programmer, the more popular it is
For the curses of "35 years old, eat youth" that programmers have long feared, Dice data reveals the current state of competition. As mentioned above, the overall salary of technology technicians has increased during 2021, notably in developer groups with less than one year of work experience or more than 11 years of technical experience.
Among them, as many companies adjust their employment budgets in order to quickly adapt to sudden changes in demand for products and services, companies will hire less experienced technicians with lower salaries (at least less than the income expected by more experienced technicians). This is also the root cause of the current industry's "would rather spend a certain amount of money to recruit a new programmer than give all old programmers a salary increase to do more things" and eventually lead to the "salary inversion" problem.
In addition, from 2019 to 2021, the salaries of technicians with 11-15 years of experience increased by an average of 9.1%, while those with 6-10 years of experience increased by 8.9%. Compared to 2019, technicians with 15 years of experience increased by 7.5%.
It is worth mentioning, however, that not all groups enjoyed substantial salary increases during the biennium. Technicians with 3-5 years of experience saw their salaries drop by 0.4% between 2019 and 2020, and their situation improved in 2021. Still, technicians in this range still had the lowest pay growth in two years (2.9 percent to $76,898).
The above, compared with your current situation, is the difference big? Welcome to leave a message below and share your thoughts or current situation~ ~ ~ ~
reference:
- https://spectrum.ieee.org/software-engineer-salary
- https://www.dice.com/technologists/ebooks/tech-salary-report/cover/
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