My comment was specifically about the "I mean what sort of position do you need to have to get there?" part of your question. > My question, specifically, is,

My comment was specifically about the "I mean what sort of position do you need to have to get there?" part of your question. > My question, specifically, is, what fraction of engineers in tech make 7 figures I doubt that OP meant that they literally have data showing that it's 1-5%. That's a wide enough range that it's meaningless. I suspect the meaning was more "way above average, but reasonably possible".