> So make 4 the limit You are confusing 2 things. The salary is (effectively) determined by the average skill rating of a person. The single skills can and do

> So make 4 the limit You are confusing 2 things. The salary is (effectively) determined by the average skill rating of a person. The single skills can and do go up to AAA+++, and this raises the average and thus the salary. While having an average of 5 is very difficult, having a super high maximum is actually meaningful. Some people are special in some area and we recognize that. EDIT: clarified terms (see https://stackoverflow.com/company/salary/skills/web-developer https://stackoverflow.com/company/salary/skills/web-develope... for the formulas)