Six figures isn't that insane for engineers in the US. Especially not for Silicon Valley. And $100k doesn't really go as far as it used to in the US, especially

Six figures isn't that insane for engineers in the US. Especially not for Silicon Valley. And $100k doesn't really go as far as it used to in the US, especially if you have a modest home, car, two dogs, a significant other, and you live somewhat near a city with tech jobs. I'm making a decent amount over $100k, my wife also makes good money, and yet we're way, way behind on where we're supposed to be in savings for a comfortable retirement at 67 (which is apparently 3x your annual salary at the age of 40), despite me boiling the frog in increasing how much we save for it the past few years (around 20% of my paycheck now, up from 8% a few years ago).