What I take away from this list is the huge difference between pay in the bay area and pay outside of it. The gap is staggering. People with 5 years experience

What I take away from this list is the huge difference between pay in the bay area and pay outside of it. The gap is staggering. People with 5 years experience (and presumably a great education) earning 300k$, whilst most people outside of SF earn close to 100$k (even with 19!!! years of experience). At the same time I also wouldn't take this sample as representative, as the people providing their (anonymous) salary could be either lying or self-selecting(i.e. more people with high salaries report their income, or viceversa)