Sure they could, they just need to give out more money than they are willing to. There are some exceptions to this like a few people Google has famously grante

Sure they could, they just need to give out more money than they are willing to. There are some exceptions to this like a few people Google has famously granted money hats to (but even they were more on the management side than pure engineers), but start busting through the glass ceiling that sits at around $160k or so for experienced engineers and see if you can't hire some.