This is simply not true. I have friends and colleagues in all these categories and the tech workers on the coasts easily make the most money, especially if you

This is simply not true. I have friends and colleagues in all these categories and the tech workers on the coasts easily make the most money, especially if you balance for hours worked. The only exceptions are at the partner level, but the number of people who actually make it there is minuscule in comparison to the number of people who easily make it into 300k+ total comp roles in tech.