A very interesting set of graphs but it takes quite a bit of time to digest the information presented. The most interesting part, which is not immediately obvious until you start checking the graphs individually is how little wages have grown over the past 10 years. Even in booming sectors such as pet grooming, etc. today will will be earning essentially the same wage as you were 9 years ago.<p>The growth in (mostly) all-things related to software is not much of a surprise, though that old gas related activity was the only other bright spot in the economy (more jobs, higher wages) was. However, even in software, average wages are increasing, but not by a lot. Obviously the average wage is probably not that informative but perhaps it does point to a fundamental limit in human productivity that will only be overcome with better tools and techniques.