But with my savings and salary shrinking, it seemed worth a try.
I thought, 'If it pays the bills, why not?' " But as the Web replaced video stores as the delivery mechanism for adult content, Mr. Rhodes found his salary shrinking, even while his celebrity rose.
In the vacuum that ensued, salaries shrank to a pittance.
For now, that dynamic is working in reverse: during the first three months of the year, wages and salaries shrank at a 4percentt annual rate, which is on pace to eliminate some $265 billion from the economy, according David A. Rosenberg, an economist at Merrill Lynch.
This corresponds to a visa cap of 115,000 in 2000; 195,000 in 2001; 65,000 in 2004; and 85,000 in 2005 When the number of visas rose, the corresponding salaries shrank.
Bad teachers will see their salaries shrink.
Mitts and salaries shrink to nothing.
Movie stars, who not so long ago vied to make $20 million or even $25 million a picture, have seen their upfront salaries shrink in the last several years as DVD sales fell, star-driven vehicles stumbled at the box office and studios grew increasingly tightfisted.
Over the last decade, however, the gap between San Francisco-area salaries and New York salaries has shrunk, and at the most prestigious firms it no longer exists.
