The big salaries are for some combination of the following: - graduates of highly prestigious CS programs - in big cities - big tech companies (or well funded s

The big salaries are for some combination of the following: - graduates of highly prestigious CS programs - in big cities - big tech companies (or well funded startups) In most cases you will likely notice that salaries compare (roughly) to those of other engineering disciplines, plus a small premium for the fact that IT is in demand.