I think there is a correlation between income and skill. More specifically, I think it's likely that highly skilled people have higher than average incomes. >

I think there is a correlation between income and skill. More specifically, I think it's likely that highly skilled people have higher than average incomes. > It's definitely not normal outside of Silicon Valley companies How many companies do you class as SV companies? It seems like in the US in general there are salaries at that level and higher, not just SV. I have also seen people talk about salaries in Europe at that level, though I suspect they are rarer than in the US.