This is completely dependent on your location and the size of the company. E.g., when I recently looked into the stats for Germany, the average annual income fo

This is completely dependent on your location and the size of the company. E.g., when I recently looked into the stats for Germany, the average annual income for a developer in a small to medium-sized company is ~48k€ (~55k$), which is a long way from the 80k figure.