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Wall Street Journal

What if Your Salary Is Too High for Today's Job Market?

All of us like to think we are worth every penny of our paychecks—and then some. Many Americans who scored big raises a few years ago are coming to the harsh realization that they are overpaid in today's cooler job market. It's not that they are failing to live up to the deals they signed. It's that wages have fallen in tech and other industries while the expansion of pay transparency laws makes it hard to ignore this truth.