Gizmodo Monday Puzzle: Suss Out Your Team's Average Salary

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Last week, I posed this challenge: You and nine of your coworkers are sitting in a conference room when somebody wonders aloud about the group’s average salary. Everyone is curious, but nobody feels comfortable sharing their own pay with the group.

Why millennials say they need $525,000 a year to be happy

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Millennials said they need to earn $525,000 a year to be happy in a recent survey.

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Some OpenAI engineers make as much as $800,000 and were key players in Sam Altman's return

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Sam Altman returned to OpenAI days after the company's board fired him.

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A teacher said she could barely afford to pay rent on her salary, embodying the worries many are facing over the cost of living

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Some commenters said they were teachers who could relate to Firment's struggle.

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I went from making $9.50 an hour to almost $100K a year at UPS without having a college degree. I'm grateful that my 21 years at the company have paid off.

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How to negotiate your dream job

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Congrats to New York workers: You may soon see just how underpaid you are

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Businesswoman working in office

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The average job applicant says they won't accept a role paying less than about $80,000 a year

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According to a New York's Federal Reserve survey from July, US workers say they won't accept a new job unless the offer salary is close to $80,000.

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Undergrad enrollment in petroleum engineering has dropped 75% over the past 10 years — even though they make 40% more than computer science grads

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Petroleum Engineers typically make six-figure salaries, but data shows interest among undergraduate students is withering.

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The highest-earning Googlers are so well paid it would take decades for ordinary people to catch up — but some of them say they should earn more

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A growing number of Google's employees said they didn't think their pay was fair. The average American worker might feel the same way.

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