[beardedProgmr]

Those salaries are painfully low. I started at 75k. Who's making less than 50k and in such great numbers? This must be non US jobs? I question this data.

[elboru]

99% of the planet would disagree with you: http://www.globalrichlist.com/

[beardedProgmr]

We are talking about software engineers. I'm not talking about top company pay either. I don't think I've ever gotten an offer for 50k

[tedmiston]

The data is global, hence the heavily skewed median compared to US alone. Check out the 6 bar charts that group by country.