I believe the following answer is the best of the bunch: http://programmers.stackexchange.com/questions/45776/why-do-business-analysts-and-project-managers-get

I believe the following answer is the best of the bunch: http://programmers.stackexchange.com/questions/45776/why-do-business-analysts-and-project-managers-get-higher-salaries-than-programmer/45963#45963 http://programmers.stackexchange.com/questions/45776/why-do-... TL;DR - companies will get away with paying as little as possible.