I make 55k in a similar city, though it's one much worse for developer jobs than Austin. My coworker also makes about 58k, and my lead developer makes about 80k

I make 55k in a similar city, though it's one much worse for developer jobs than Austin. My coworker also makes about 58k, and my lead developer makes about 80k despite being really good at what he does. He could easily find a 120k+ job tomorrow. We do mostly Node.js stuff. I have about 2 years full time experience, and probably the equivalent of 4 years full time experience since I've done web dev since I was a teenager. Job market sucks for newer devs right now. You at least have a shit load of opportunity in Austin there. Barely anything where I live despite being a big ass city.