Indeed.com has some pretty good visualizations of such salary rates which are based on the rates that companies who are hiring publish, or that people employed

Indeed.com has some pretty good visualizations of such salary rates which are based on the rates that companies who are hiring publish, or that people employed through their site confirm. Here is a page from their site that might help answer your question - http://www.indeed.com/salary/q-Software-Engineer-l-Silicon-Valley,-CA.html http://www.indeed.com/salary/q-Software-Engineer-l-Silicon-V...