Salaries in academia are generally much lower than industry. Salaries in non-tech are lower than tech. I think the bias of this forum towards tech industry show

Salaries in academia are generally much lower than industry. Salaries in non-tech are lower than tech. I think the bias of this forum towards tech industry shows in this thread. 100k is more than what most newly hired professors (i.e. assistant professors) earn, at least here in Canada. Postdocs making half as much as assistant professors makes total sense.