It depends what league you are in. The top end of salaries in Australia is about $120-$140k no matter how great you are. My impression is that in the right mark

It depends what league you are in. The top end of salaries in Australia is about $120-$140k no matter how great you are. My impression is that in the right market and with the right skills you can go way higher than that in the US. At lower levels of specialty / skill I think they are comparable. But the work in Australia is mostly incredibly tedious - back end systems for banks, insurance companies, etc. etc.