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Those use self-reported data which is unreliable and only San Francisco, which is only a small portion of the Bay Area. Using BLS data, which should be more re

Those use self-reported data which is unreliable and only San Francisco, which is only a small portion of the Bay Area. Using BLS data, which should be more reliable, for the San Francisco[1] and San Jose[2] metro areas, the average weighted by number of people in the job of annual mean wages for the job categories of "Computer Programmer", "Software Developer, Applications", "Software Developer, Systems" and "Web Developer" is $129,730.54. [1] http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_41860.htm#15-0000 http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_41860.htm#15-0000 [2] http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_41940.htm#15-0000 http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_41940.htm#15-0000

ryandrake 10y ago
Thanks to you and dragonwriter for the links.. informative. So let's compromise on "It's right around the cap" :) Interesting that self-reported data is actually lower than the BLS figures--I'd have guessed it would be the opposite. A lot of people here like to humblebrag about how they "only" make $150K and how their stock options make their taxes so painful.
- dragonwriter 10y ago
  > A lot of people here like to humblebrag about how they "only" make $150K and how their stock options make their taxes so painful. To be fair, as well as regional there is also industry variation, and a lot of people here work in the "Other Information Services" sector -- most online services would seem to be in that category -- which is (at least nationally) significantly above average pay for programming occupations. If that industry-based trend is also true for the region, then $150K for a developer could well be a below-median salary for region/occupation/industry combination.