That's a complicated question because the answer is both location-dependent and requires a comparative analysis. In places like SF, big tech salaries have grow

That's a complicated question because the answer is both location-dependent and requires a comparative analysis. In places like SF, big tech salaries have grown substantially (along with the cost of living) since 2010, while in other locations they haven't grown all that much and in not-big tech the increases haven't been that large. For example, a new hire at Google today can expect a comp package of at least $160K, while in 2010 I seem to remember it being around $120K. The bigger issue more broadly is that generally speaking, tech salaries have been growing steadily over the last decade while non-tech salaries have been mostly stagnant, so it often seems like tech workers make a huge amount now when effectively a lot of other people just aren't making as much as they should.