That’s very true, Laurence, it’s only those that work on the executive level, and in the engineering and design departments that get the big money. But then that’s because the rest work in more people facing departments.

Also, of course, because there is such demand for working in places like Apple, and yet there are so few places like Apple, they are able to pay a lot less than they otherwise would if there were more job opportunities of the kind Apple offer available.

It’s a bit of a paradox, the most profitable businesses are in such high demand when it comes to wanting to work there, that they get to pay people a hell of a lot less than they otherwise would if there were more job opportunities of the like out there.

But if there were more job opportunities of the like out there, ironically, the pay would likely still be similar simply because the businesses wouldn’t be so profitable.

This is another example of the distortion that having so much wealth creation coming from so few places creates. It ensures evermore of the wealth goes to ever fewer people by making competition work against employees.

To put it more bluntly, unless you can get yourself into one of the few roles of power where you are really granted that global reach, it’s very difficult to really get a fair share of the business as profits. Yet even still, you are going to get a much higher wage than those working in most other industries, which even further complicates things i.e. that fact can be used against granting further wage increases.

It’s a mess really, which is why we need to work to get more businesses built up so that they can compete, and create a more balanced playing field across the board.