Nothing surprising here. This is why all manufacturing has moved to China. SW engineers in the US get so much not because they are so smart, but because (1) the

Nothing surprising here. This is why all manufacturing has moved to China. SW engineers in the US get so much not because they are so smart, but because (1) the company have to pay premium to keep the IP private and (2) they can work on-site or within the US boundaries. All software that has little value by itself or can't be stolen has been outsourced to India. This even happened in Boeing: their software can't be meaningfully stolen, so they happily outsourced it. Edit: The same applies to lawyers, doctors, bankers and all white collar jobs. The pay is so high is mostly because of where you work, not what you do. Have fun trying to get that $400k/year as a divorce litigator in India.