Median CEO salary: $183k[1] Median software engineer, in SF: $111k according to PayScale[2] Median Sr. software eng salary, SF: $144k according to GlassDoor[3]

Median CEO salary: $183k[1] Median software engineer, in SF: $111k according to PayScale[2] Median Sr. software eng salary, SF: $144k according to GlassDoor[3] Median Software Engineer Salary, Bay Area: $120k according to LinkedIn[4] At best, your CEOs are getting an extra $40k per-year. Furthermore, your CEO salary is across the entire US, whereas your Bay Area engineers are going to be bleeding a significant chunk of their earning paying for rent compared to the median CEO; median national monthly rent for a one bedroom is ~$1k[5], but in San Jose, that's $2.1k[6]; so your CEO has another $13.2k per year A median CEO nationally makes $50-70k more per year than your median SV software engineer. [1]: https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes111011.htm https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes111011.htm [2]: https://www.payscale.com/research/US/Job=Software_Engineer/Salary/a5e48575/San-Francisco-CA https://www.payscale.com/research/US/Job=Software_Engineer/S... [3]: https://www.glassdoor.com/Salaries/san-francisco-senior-software-engineer-salary-SRCH_IL.0,13_IM759_KO14,38.htm https://www.glassdoor.com/Salaries/san-francisco-senior-soft... [4]: https://www.linkedin.com/salary/software-engineer-salaries-in-san-francisco-bay-area https://www.linkedin.com/salary/software-engineer-salaries-i... [5]: https://www.abodo.com/blog/2017-annual-rent-report/ https://www.abodo.com/blog/2017-annual-rent-report/ [6]: https://www.apartmentlist.com/rentonomics/national-rent-data/ https://www.apartmentlist.com/rentonomics/national-rent-data...