We can’t get computer developers who are american citizens fast enough. Students with masters degrees in computer science start at about 120k here in New York. My own work is in the AI field and natural language processing. Kids graduating with good backgrounds in these fields are pretty sure of being snapped up quickly. I tell anyone who will listen to me (not my own daughters though!) the only subjects worth majoring in nowadays are math and computer science - ideally both.
I am in the industry, but could not entice my daughter either…
She graduated last spring and managed to land a good job in her field of choice (in NYC) and is happy. There are jobs outside of the tech industry, but you typically have to work harder to find them, and they often have an analytic component.
Judging by the number of folks posting in the College Search and Selection forum asking about where to major in computer science, the message is getting through. It is really stunning right now, though. My daughter DID major in computer engineering, and I was absolutely flabbergasted by the offers she and her peers were getting, with no graduate training whatsoever.
Average salaries are actually higher than the quoted range at some Mass schools - but salary isn’t everything.
I am of the opinion that we need to work on making the subject matter more interesting and accessible to a broader range of people starting at younger ages.
My son’s offer upon graduation in Boston as a data scientist was even higher than that. However, he turned it down since he and his future wife will be living elsewhere. His salary probably will not be near as high where they will be living, but the cost of living is a lot lower. He is getting a math degree from MIT, but he does a lot of CS stuff as a data scientist.