> Logically, you might expect there to be a correlation between how rare a 
> profession is and how much they get paid.

That doesn't sound very logical to me.  I think it's more to do with the 
supply and demand, ie how many posts are available compared to how many 
(suitable) people are willing to fill them.

> You might also expect dangerous jobs to pay more.

Yes, if all other factors are equal between two jobs.

> But mostly, I'm just surprised that [except for doctors, who are the clear 
> outliers here] programmers supposedly earn more than everybody else, by 
> quite some margin.

Did you try "engineer"?  FTW!

The thing with doctors/surgeons etc is that you need a lot of high quality 
education to become one *and* you have a huge responsibility with respect to 
human lives.  Also why pilots get paid quite a lot.

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