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The San Francisco Bay Area is so expensive that even tech employees（雇员）at compaies（公司）such 【小题1】 Apple, Google, and Amazon are putting off having kids because they are too expensive 【小题2】 (raise), according to a new survey.

More than 58% of tech workers in th Golden Gate City agreed that the 【小题3】 (rise) cost of living had forced 【小题4】 (they) to delay（推迟）starting a family, according to the survey 【小题5】 (make) by Blind, an app that allows tech employees to have anoymous chats（匿名聊天）about the workplace.

A total of 8,284 people took part in the survey—most of them employees at 14 tech companies. 【小题6】 (surprising), more than 69% of the Apple employees 【小题7】 took part said they had put off starting a family because of the high cost of living.

Although average yearly salaries（平均年薪）in the Bay Area are around $142,000—according to a report by the website Hired—the average price of a home is more than four 【小题8】 (time) the national average, around $900,000.

And the average cost of raising 【小题9】 child to age 18 in the U.S. today 【小题10】 (be) about $230,000, according to a report by Merrill Lynch.