Well, no, this is because some locations now require you to list a "salary range" for a job listing. For standardized low-wage jobs this makes a lot of sense, b

Well, no, this is because some locations now require you to list a "salary range" for a job listing. For standardized low-wage jobs this makes a lot of sense, but some tech companies don't decide the salary based on the position, they would take either a very junior or very senior person for a position and figure out salary later. So they just post huge ranges in order to obey these laws. It doesn't mean anyone would actually be hired for anything approaching this amount of money.