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Bay Area Boom: Where's the Prosperity for Lower-Wage Workers?

For all the talk about the prosperity of the tech boom, more than a third of Bay Area jobs pay less than $36,000 per year. We look at what the current economic boom means for low- and middle-income workers as part of KQED's Boomtown series, examining the effects of the Bay Area's economic surge.

Jan 20, 2015

Updated Jan 4, 2024

Michael Krasny

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For all the talk about the prosperity of the tech boom, more than a third of Bay Area jobs pay less than $36,000 per year. We look at what the current economic boom means for low- and middle-income workers as part of KQED’s Boomtown series, examining the effects of the Bay Area’s economic surge.

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