But the reason they're making $200k a year is because they're in SFBA... right out of college I briefly considered an offer to be an "administrative assistant"

But the reason they're making $200k a year is because they're in SFBA... right out of college I briefly considered an offer to be an "administrative assistant" at Facebook - a job that normally nets you about $40K/year anywhere else. At Facebook it was $90K. My point is you can't easily land that same tech job somewhere else in the country and keep that inflated salary, too.