[adventured]

Make of this what you will:

"Average annual wages in high-tech rose sharply between 2001 and 2008 compared with overall average wages in the Valley. For the Silicon Valley, the average annual wage in high-tech industries rose from $97,344 in 2001 to $132,351 in 2008, an increase of 36.0 percent. (See table 2.) In comparison, average annual wages rose only 21.7 percent across all establishments in the area"

http://www.bls.gov/opub/regional_reports/200908_silicon_vall...

[otoolep]

Good reference. But I wonder what the trend was between 2000 to 2003 inclusive, which is the time of interest. At most flat, probably. The Valley started to come back by 2004 and by 2008 was in good shape.